The things you say may have been true decades ago, but are not entirely accurate today. OK, I'll buy there's something to that. But keep in mind that students'

The things you say may have been true decades ago, but are not entirely accurate today. OK, I'll buy there's something to that. But keep in mind that students' choices aren't made purely with a clear-eyed understanding of how things are now. They are made in part based on an understanding built up over time, some of which reflects how things were when they were when growing up. In particular, parents and other advisers who have a lot of pull can easily be acting on the basis of a decades-old view of the world. So even if things are shifting, current actions could well be lagging behind.