I'm a proud generalist too. One thing I've been investigating recently is the concept of so called 'microdegrees', also called nano-degrees:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdegree

Open Badges is also a neat idea: http://openbadges.org/

Open Badges looks even more promising if combined with blockchain tech so it's impossible to forge your ability / qualification, unlike today where a large portion of 'degrees' can be bought and sold on the black market for very little money.