universities

4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Dec 6, 2017 by Kevin Slavin · across every show →

Everything said about universities, oldest first

Dec 6, 2017 bearish
Assertion Supported
Slavin: Roughly 15 US Universities Go Bankrupt Each Year
“We talked about this a little bit earlier, but there, it's basically 15 universities a year that go bankrupt in the United States.”
Kevin Slavin Dec 6, 2017 ▶ 0:56 There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of The Shed · Y Combinator
Dec 13, 2017 negative
Insight
Template-based grading encourages computer science students to memorize without understanding
“The way, and this is true worldwide, I think, the way, like, people in universities would mark a piece of code is they say, all right, we'll give them three points if they have a for loop, and two points if they have an if statement, and people just learned th…”
Des Traynor Dec 13, 2017 ▶ 0:41 Be Wary of Solving a Small, Rare Problem - Des Traynor of Intercom · Y Combinator
Oct 3, 2018 negative
Insight
Iorns: Universities own research results, making academic spinouts challenging
“Because actually when you work in academia, the results you generate don't belong to you, so I think that's kind of a common misperception that, you know, universities actually own your work, so it's often a challenge to spin those results out of the universit…”
Elizabeth Iorns Oct 3, 2018 ▶ 6:36 A Conversation with Elizabeth Iorns - Advice for Biotech Founders · Y Combinator
Jul 8, 2025 negative
Opinion
Friedman: Universities prohibit students from learning essential future AI tools
“They're quite literally prohibiting the students from learning the tools that they are going to need in the future.”
Jared Friedman Jul 8, 2025 ▶ 6:18 How to Spend Your 20s in the AI Era · Y Combinator
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