The Future of Education, MBAs?

Recently, there's been a spike in new educational "institutions". Ranging from University of the People to Seth Godin's SAMBA to Jack Welch's Management Institute to Richard Branson's School of Entrepreneurship. Are these fads, since the publishing industry is going under and folks like Welch and Godin need new outlets for their work, or is this another nail in the coffin of the traditional MBA? With BusinessWeek for sale, and potentially no longer existing, will the BusinessWeek rankings for MBA programs continue to be relevant, or will this get picked up by a blog?

Just like every other large institute that was prominent during the 20th century, traditional universities are now having to adopt to greater global competition and distributed/democratized competition. How they adapt to this new environment is a chapter that will be written over the next 5-10 years.

Summary of (SA)MBA Learnings

This is an excellent summary of the learnings and experiences from Seth Godin's SAMBA program from @BeccaNY. While their program is more condensed than the WFU program, I believe that I've seen very similar changes and learnings from myself and my classmates. If nothing else, an MBA program can be a great excuse to get out of your day-to-day rut and explore what you can make happen based on the trial and tribulations of your classmates and coursework.

NOTE: I just noticed that all of the participants have provided updates on their views on the programs. Lots of interesting insight, and probably some suggestions for institutional MBA programs.