His opinions in the interview are much more nuanced than the linkbait title suggests. A better title would be, "Dan Ariely says nice things about College, but in the end he's still doubling down on MOOCs."
That said, he is in a very interesting position to explore both sides of the question. It's not too hard to project out into the future and believe university education could finally change in your lifetime. But the people who are in the trenches actually gathering data have the most to say right now.
College for me was like getting a dream retirement in at the beginning of my career.
I and many of my friends had the best time of our lives, didn't do a damn thing that wasn't in our best interest, lived away from home with partial parental support, worked jobs in the vacations, met people from all over the world, had challenging experiences with a strong safety net, were exposed to extraordinary people who were paid and predisposed to give us their time, etc etc.
I got a lot more out of college than I could ever use on an engineering team. And a lot that I can.