Bentley University News

Is there a “right time” for you to pursue a full-time MBA? The answer for many college seniors or recent college graduates students is unquestionably “Yes, and the right time is now,” especially if they haven’t majored in business.

Shawnette Adams, a Bentley University Human Factors in Information Design (HFID) M.S. candidate, received a Black Engineer of the Year - Modern Day Technology Leader Award in Washington, DC on February 7, 2014.

Do you have to take the TOEFL? Learn how to prepare for this MBA entrance exam as well as what to study and when to start.

The CFA charterholder designation is considered the gold standard in the investment analysis industry and one of the greatest distinctions a financial professional can attain. 

Over the course of our careers, virtually all of us will be faced with an ethical quandary. It could be pressure from a boss to “hit the numbers.” It could be arm-twisting to “be a team player” when dealing with questionable supplier practices. Or it could be our own rationalizations for looking the other way — “Everyone is doing it” or “This isn’t my responsibility.”

Indeed, the world of business can be murky at times.

Get ready, corporate America. The millennials are coming.

The largest generation in the modern era is arriving in the workforce with a different set of values and the power to shift business culture to meet them. Whether employers believe millennials are lazy entitled narcissists or savvy pragmatic idealists, it’s time to take them seriously. Especially because there are “issues.”

Currently celebrating its 25th anniversary in business, Quincy-based Arbella Insurance Group is regularly recognized as one of the best places to work by the Boston Business Journal, and its CEO was recently recognized for his “galvanizing” civic leadership. Arbella’s dedication to giving back may help partially explain the loyalty from its approximately 1,000 employees — 70 percent of whom have been with the company for five or more years, 34 percent for at least 15 years.

Bentley President Gloria Larson, along with guest experts, joined Bloomberg Radio’s Carol Massar and Cory Johnson, to talk about what higher education and industry can do together, to help advance women in the workplace.

Bentley University is naming the basketball court at the Dana Athletic Center in honor of women’s basketball Coach Barbara Stevens, who recently became the fifth women’s coach in NCAA history to surpass 1,000 career wins. 

Ninety seven percent of Bentley University’s recent graduates are employed, attending or planning to attend graduate school, according to statistics from the Class of 2017 six months after their graduation. And Bentley graduates’ salaries are on the rise, with a median starting salary of $57,000, up from $55,000 last year.