Future of Higher Ed

A conversation with Alison Davis-Blake and Mary Sue Coleman ...

The inauguration of Bentley’s eighth president featured a week of activities for the campus community. Staff members discussed skills for building positive organizations, and students explored strategies for finding importance and meaning in work. A symposium engaged faculty from Bentley, Harvard, MIT and Stanford to share research and insights on the future of work. The final flourish was the installation ceremony, held in the Bentley Arena. Here are highlights from this special week in our history.

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President Alison Davis-Blake powerfully pens her enthusiastic commitment to the mission of learning and diversity at Bentley University and shares the “three guiding principles” she will utilize in leading the institution. ...

Former University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman and Stanford University Management Expert Jeffrey Pfeffer will give addresses during the multi-day event.  ...

Bentley President Gloria Larson, along with guest experts, joined Bloomberg Radio’s Carol Massar and Cory Johnson, to talk about why it is more important than ever for higher education and industry to work together, and how creative partnerships can help ensure students are successful after graduation. ...

Drawing on lessons learned during her decade at Bentley, President Gloria Cordes Larson outlines the school’s success in preparing graduates for a rapidly evolving innovation economy. PreparedU: How Innovative Colleges Drive Student Success highlights Bentley’s learning model, including the integration of business with the arts and sciences as well as the school’s focus on career education and hands-on learning. 

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President Larson joined Bloomberg's Carol Massar, along with guest experts, to talk about how universities are implementing innovative curricula to meet market demands, how graduates are using their hybrid skills in the workplace, and what skills companies really want when hiring new graduates. ...

After a decade of lessons learned as president of Bentley University, Gloria Cordes Larson shares the details for a type of educational experience she believes all 21st century college graduates need in her new book, PreparedU: How Innovative Colleges Drive Student Success. ...

Pat Flynn, Trustee Professor of Economics and Management and former dean of Bentley’s McCallum Graduate School of Business, serves as co-chair of the Principles for Responsible Management Education’s Working Group on Gender Equality. In this role she has to date been co-editor of two books on gender equality and two on sustainability issues in business and in management education ...

Bentley is named one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education in the just-published 2017 edition of The Princeton Review Annual college guide, “The Best 381 Colleges,” including ranking #1 for Best Career Services. ...