At my college, both ArcMap and ArcPRO are used by students. I am a an Esri Editor for both versions and there is value to both.In my opinion, ArcMap provides the student with a more disciplined structure to visual databases. ArcMap users are more conscious of the constructing maps from data elments. They need to create the mxd and create a gdb. ArcPRO, on the other hand, using a a more menu-driven intuitive menu. Students seem to have more problems with file management, loss of files and broken links than ArcMap users. But ArcPRO has more bells and whistles and is very compatible with ArcGIS Online. In short, there is value to both. In reality, ArcMap will be deprecated very soon.