Is college a lot harder (more stressful) than it was 30 years ago?

Comparing your own college experience with that of your parents(or any person who went to college decades ago). I know the material taught is different but would you say that upper level finance/accounting/economics courses taught today has the same amount of rigor and stress for students that took similar courses 30 years ago? Or was college 30 years ago child's play compared to today?

Have we evolved as humans and gotten so much smarter with new theories and mathematical formulas that a PhD level course from 30 years ago might be equivalent to a undergraduate level course today?

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