????正當各大商學院與硅谷爭搶生源以竭力站穩腳跟時，現在，不去讀MBA又多了一個理由：你的老板或許不再會要求你這樣做了。

????《華爾街日報》的一篇文章指出，許多私募股權基金以往要求入門級員工在工作幾年之后去攻讀MBA，但現在有些公司已經取消了這項政策。文章引用了芝加哥私募股權基金GTCR的例子。該基金很快就將提拔一批業績卓著的員工，即便他們沒有商科碩士學位。而此前，這家公司一直將其作為員工晉升的必要條件。

????除了對MBA學位究竟能在多大程度上提高一個人的技能產生懷疑外，這種政策變化顯然也受到了商學院學費激增的影響。據《華爾街日報》報道，目前攻讀商學院的成本大約需要100萬美元。頂級商學院往往收取高昂的學費，如哈佛和斯坦福每年近10萬美元，而且攻讀學位還要放棄在私募股權基金的工作（年薪不低于30萬美元），所有這些意味著攻讀商學院要付出的代價將達到七位數。

????報道稱，其他私募股權基金，如KKR 集團、黑石集團、阿波羅全球管理公司和銀湖資本等，也在執行“靈活的”MBA政策。獵頭公司Long Ridge Partners的邁克爾·古德曼表示：“過去10至15年間，MBA的地位已經從必要條件變成了錦上添花的點綴。”

????就連CEO職位可能也不再要求擁有MBA。作為現任CEO史蒂芬·施瓦茨曼的潛在繼任者，黑石集團私募股權與房地產部門的負責人均沒有MBA學位。KKR集團的法定繼承人斯科特·納托爾也未取得MBA學位。

????施瓦茨曼在3月份接受《華爾街日報》采訪時表示，有些員工“天生就是這塊料”，商學院對他們沒有太大的幫助。他們可以“將公司作為自己的大學，”他說道。

????但高等商業學位在精英階層中依舊非常普遍。比如，在GTCR公司，有七八位高級合伙人擁有MBA，但公司低層擁有MBA的情況并不常見。

????單純從數字上來看，商學院的另外一個好處是：今年美國MBA畢業生的年平均起薪達到了六位數，比僅有學士學位的畢業生高出4.5萬美元。（財富中文網）

????譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

????審校：任文科

????As business schools strive to stay relevant while they compete with Silicon Valley for new recruits, here’s one more reason not to go: Your boss might not make you.

????According to an article in The Wall Street Journal this week, some private-equity firms, which historically required entry-level employees to leave after their first few years to go get a MBA, are now dropping that policy. The article cites Chicago-based private-equity firm GTCR, which will soon begin promoting deserving associates even if they don’t have a graduate degree in business — something that was formerly a prerequisite to advancing in the firm.

????Besides skepticism over how much an MBA really enhances someone’s skill set, the policy changes are apparently motivated by the soaring cost of going to b-school, which can put you out $1 million, according to the Journal. Top business school tuition — nearly $100,000 a year at Harvard and Stanford — plus giving up a private-equity job (which apparently pays as much as $300,000 or more annually) while working on the degree, can mean parting with a seven figure sum.

????Other private-equity firms, such as KKR & Co. , Blackstone Group , Apollo Global Management and Silver Lake, also have “flexible” policies on MBAs, the newspaper says, quoting recruiting firm Long Ridge Partners’ Michael Goodman: “Over the past decade or 15 years it’s gone from a must-have to a nice-to-have.”

????Even rising to the CEO job may no longer require a MBA. Neither of Blackstone’s heads of its private-equity and real-estate divisions — potential successors to CEO Stephen Schwarzman — have the degree. Nor does KKR’s heir apparent Scott Nuttall.

????In an earlier interview with the Journal in March, Schwarzman said that in some cases, an employee is “such a natural athlete,” b-school wouldn’t do them much good. They can “use the firm as their university,” he said.

????Still, advanced business degrees are common in the corner office. Seven or eight senior partners at GTCR have MBAs, although the degrees are less common in lower tiers of the firm.

????Another (literal) bonus to b-school: The median starting salary for U.S. MBA grads reached six-figures, or $100,000, this year — that’s $45,000 more than hires who just had bachelor’s degrees.