Josh Kaufman, the author of "The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business" is a maverick. He says that the cost of getting a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) is essentially buying a $100,000 interview (presumably with a company that will reward you for the MBA if you are hired). In this 50+ minute talk, he makes an excellent set of points and describes the DNA of every business system, culled from reading hundreds of business books. In an interesting Q&A at the end of the video Josh also describes the separation of credentialing with the actual education, as opposed to what it is now where both education and the credential (the degree) are interwoven. Can you imagine a future where you receive education in any way you can (online and offline), and then credential with any institution as long as you "pass" a level of competency, which includes real world experience and work? The credential could cost a lot less, while the education could take lot less time (or more!) than the current 12-2o years.
