Author here. As I mentioned previously, I'm just a student and have no ties to any administration so I'm just speaking from my experience.

UIUC suing (or almost suing?) Andreessen is definitely a terrible step, but that was one event 21 years ago. In fact it happened before I was born (I'm a senior at UIUC now). Definitely a dark chapter of entrepreneurship on campus, but the goal of this post is to highlight the current ecosystem.

The university and the ecosystem is continuously evolving and hopefully we can tailor it to learn from other schools that have done a good job.