What should be the role of the liberal arts in business education? As we witness huge increases in the cost of formal education, every student has a right to ask what the best use of their time and investment in higher education should be. As educators, we owe it to them to justify the mix of professional training and personal enrichment we offer them.
Just because the economy has gone south, careers don’t have to follow suit. So says Barbara Hyle of the Center for Career Services, which has launched a biweekly electronic newsletter for Bentley graduates. Bentley@Work features job openings submitted by alumni, companies and recruiters.
Corporate capitalism has been debased by “misguided faith. Until it is redeemed by a “strong” or “good faith,” it will continue to be riddled by impropriety and scandal.
There is a prevalent depiction in society that business is inherently selfish and greedy. It’s a typecast that many business people have reluctantly come to accept. But it doesn’t have to be this way. And it certainly shouldn’t.
In fact, when people are awakened to the extraordinary power of business to impact the world in a positive way, their attitudes and beliefs can shift dramatically. We experience it first hand as educators at a business university.
After 20 years at work, first in the corporate world and then building my own business, I began to think back on when I was 20 years old. A sophomore — recall that the root of the word is “wise fool” — I thought I knew a few things about what awaited me in the world. Nothing beats experience, though. Midway through a successful career, with several professional peaks and valleys, here is what I would have advised that young Bentley student when she was halfway through her college education.
Dear Faculty and Staff,
We have made it to the final stretch of 2020, a year that we’ll remember for a lifetime. This pandemic has brought sorrow to every corner of the world, with many having lost loved ones and many more suffering isolation and financial hardship. In our own community, it’s been a year that has challenged our faculty and staff in ways we never could have imagined. Every one of us is tired of this pandemic, and we all want life to return to normal.