MBA

"Bogged down for more than five months by a controversy surrounding a master’s degree improperly awarded to the governor’s daughter, the president of West Virginia University announced Friday that he would step down in September.
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The controversy on campus began in late December after a reporter for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called to confirm the academic credentials that Mylan had listed for Ms. Bresch after her promotion to chief operating officer."

(Source: NYTimes)

Commentary: This again shows the importance of an MBA for somebody's career. Though I am not familiar with the circumstances I wouldn't be surprised that an MBA would have been a necessary credential to become COO - so she went to West Virginia University to get some. She probably didn't have time to do the necessary coursework so she got behind but the university awarded it anyway -- what went wrong? Ms. Bresch should have gone for a Harvard MBA (a title I will look at another time) and not wasted time on an inferior MBA - then she still would have her job...