higher education
5 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Ben Horowitz · across every show →
Everything said about higher education, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Horowitz: Elite higher education fails the majority of workforce-focused students
“I'm on the board of trustees at Columbia, and there are certainly people who are going to go to, like, an elite school and become a scholar, a PhD, and I think the system works reasonably well for them, but for, you know, the kind of bulk of the population who…”
Jan 10, 2019 neutral
Coolican: Brand signaling will be higher education's last unbundled domino
“I think the hardest one is that That brand signaling piece. I think that will be the last kind of, the last domino to fall. Just cause I think there's a ton of strength in kind of traditional education around that signaling piece.”
Jan 10, 2019 positive
Coolican: Y Combinator replaces higher education's professional networking role
“You're seeing things like, you know, YC, which is incredibly valuable as a networking place. And people talk about YC as kind of like startup graduate school, right? And, you know, you're seeing places like that have Add an incredible amount of value providing…”
Jan 10, 2019
Jin: Lower-tier colleges are prime targets for edtech disruption
“I think brand is a huge piece of what's protecting traditional institutions from being disrupted. And I think brand is very closely coupled with exclusivity. So at the lower levels where the brand is less strong, I think that is a prime target for disruption a…”