Graduate School

Mystica Alexander’s previous career as a tax attorney prepared her well for the challenges of teaching at Bentley, where she finds students are eager and ready to learn and lean into the material. Her teaching interests include the legal and ethical business environment, federal income taxation of corporations and shareholders, and tax research methodology. She holds a JD from Harvard University Law School. ...

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Mae Keefe (MSIT ’18) had no plans to pursue a career in IT when she completed her BA in Philosophy in 2011.

Instead, she found a job in customer service, working at a small software company. Though she answered questions about technology daily, she never directly interacted with the software’s code.

Eventually, Keefe decided to change that. She saw how her company’s software improved businesses and wanted to learn the hard skills, such as programming languages, required to design similar tools herself.

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When Sanjay Patil (MBA, MSMA and Grad Certificate in BA ‘17) arrived at Bentley University in 2015, he wasn’t here for just any graduate degree.

He came to Bentley to pursue his second and third graduate degrees along with a grad certification.

“I have always been keen on gaining knowledge; education is like a craving and I have immense respect for everything I learn,” he explains. Though he already has an MBA in Finance from India, he was curious about marketing and wanted to explore the subject while experiencing a new culture.

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A Bentley MBA student has developed a mobile app he hopes will create a new community for pets and their owners. ...

Bias influences our every decision.

Hiring a new employee, deciding who to sit next to in class, even choosing a meal at a restaurant: All actions are influenced by our past experiences and personal preferences.

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Xu Han (MSIT ’15) quickly realized understanding data in the business world would provide him with job security for his future. After completing two business internships as an Economics and Business undergraduate student at the Capital University of Economics and Business in Beijing, he still craved a more direct focus on data analysis.

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When it comes to choosing a school for your master’s in finance, a number of factors should play into your decision — reputation, cost, location, admission requirements, and more. ...