Bentley University News

Gender inequalities remain in boardrooms throughout the corporate world, despite increasing evidence that diversity on corporate boards is good for business, and despite the fact that women account for over 85% of consumer expenditures and trillions of dollars in spending annually worldwide.  

Have you ever wished you could make your favorite watch or pair of shoes like new again?  Although such refurbishing services are available from certain companies, more often than not products we buy (and like) are disposed or recycled rather than refurbished, either because there is no other alternative, or because of a strategy known as planned obsolescence.

When Bentley University’s president talks about her career, the word “serendipity” comes up a lot. A self-described “half-glass-full Southern cheerleader type,” Gloria Cordes Larson means being in the right place at the right time. The opportunities she has seized along the way have lent an unpredictable, if not unplanned, quality to her trajectory. “Someone looking […]

College Factual, an online portal designed to assist students in selecting a college, has released its top colleges for a degree in finance ranking and Bentley University stands at #4 overall in the U.S. 

With great corporate power comes great corporate responsibility—or so we hope. While many companies are proactively weaving ethics into the foundation of their business, there are many who struggle to uphold integrity and remain accountable for their actions in the corporate world. According to a June 2015 Gallup poll, a mere 9% of the American public says they trust big business “a great deal,” up from 6% in June 2009.

Corey Thomas, (president and CEO of Rapid7, one of Boston’s leading security software firms) offers advice to graduates at the 2016 Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business commencement. ceremony.

Like many of you, I spent Sunday in shock and saddened, watching the news unfold out of Orlando. This horrific targeted violence has shattered lives and broken hearts across Florida and our country, and we are all in mourning.

Four years ago, I was counting down the weeks to move-in day at Bentley University, completely unsure of what to expect. In a desperate attempt to prepare for this new stage of my life, I read what felt like every page of Bentley’s website, made packing lists, studied the course listings and determined which of […]

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Bentley University’s Master of Finance Program is now an academic partner with the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) for their Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation, joining more than 40 other top graduate business schools from around the world.

Working toward a Master of Science in Taxation at Bentley University has given Christina Bush ’17 the technical insight and practical hands-on experience she needs.