Concisely states problems at university (4,2)
I believe the answer is:
sums up
'concisely states' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'problems at university' is the wordplay.
'problems' becomes 'sums' (arithmetic problems).
'at university' becomes 'up' ('up' can mean studying at university).
'sums'+'up'='SUMS UP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for sums up that I've seen is " What a judge does with the evidence for a jury, arithmetically speaking".)