My position on the higher education has been for the past 5 years - it is a dying dinosaur. I have always felt that independent certifications of knowledge would be the future. We already have old school models in insurance sales, investment, and accounting. None of these should require traditional 40k a year school.

As an employer, I would much rather see proof of knowledge, than a degree knowing how easy some can be to get, and knowing people that graduated with me that I couldn't believe managed to pass.

Block chain would be a great use to store credentials and show proof of knowledge - it will be interesting to see if the platform gets more use, or a competitor figures out the model first.