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SEARCH PROSPECTUS: DEAN OF BUSINESS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT BENTLEY 3
STUDENTS 5
FACULTY 6
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION 7
GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 8
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND RACIAL JUSTICE 9
DEAN OF BUSINESS 10
TO APPLY 12
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ABOUT BENTLEY
Bentley University is more than just one of the nation’s emerging technologies and business practices into
top business schools. It’s a university that creates the educational experience. From being the first
successful leaders who make business a force for business school to issue laptop computers in 1987,
positive change. Bentley’s mission is to “change to launching the first course on managing in diverse
the world with a transformative business education, workplaces in the early 1990s, to pioneering the
integrated with arts and sciences, that inspires delivery of degrees in human factors and design
and prepares ethical leaders who will confront the thinking, Bentley has provided students with access
challenges of today and shape the opportunities to the technologies and degrees shaping modern
of tomorrow.” The university achieves this mission business.
through an innovative curriculum, which fuses
a rigorous business education with the arts and Students currently have access to several high-
sciences, fostering the deep technical and critical tech learning labs where they can develop web
thinking skills, broad global perspectives and cultural and mobile apps in Android or iOS environments,
competence, and high ethical standards required to run big data analyses using R or Python, and
impact our ever-changing world. build portfolios based on real-time insights from
Bloomberg terminals. Leveraging recent investments
Bentley has been educating business-minded in education technologies, Bentley has expanded
students since Harry C. Bentley first convened its capacity to deliver online and hybrid courses
30 accounting students on Huntington Avenue in over the last five years. To address the pedagogical
Boston in 1917. With the move to Waltham in 1968, challenges inherent in this initiative, the university
just minutes from Boston, Bentley’s classic New has invested significant resources in instructional
England campus grew into a dynamic community of design and faculty support for both synchronous and
scholars, professionals and creative thinkers devoted asynchronous online courses, as well as additional
to innovative and inclusive educational practices. support to encourage inclusive pedagogical
In 2008, with the introduction of doctoral programs, practices. These investments have paid dividends
Bentley College was renamed Bentley University. for faculty and students in the evolving 2020-2021
Throughout its history, Bentley has kept its academic learning environment and unlock the potential for
programs relevant to modern business by integrating increased innovation in the years to come.
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ABOUT BENTLEY (CONT.)
Reflecting its strong history, upward trajectory, education, and demands for maintaining a campus
transformative business education, and emphasis environment that is deeply student-centered. Higher
on equipping students with the tools for a rewarding education is evolving, and the disruptions and
career and life, Bentley enjoys a solid reputation for competitive challenges that have defined Bentley’s
excellence. Among various accolades and rankings, marketplace for so many years now afford it new
in 2021, U.S. News & World Report named Bentley #1 opportunities to serve students and support its most
in the Best Regional Universities, North, as well as #2 critical stakeholders more effectively.
for best value and #4 for most innovative schools in
the same region. The Princeton Review’s 2021 Best The next dean of business will arrive at Bentley at a
Colleges Guide named Bentley #1 in the nation for critical time in its history and will need to be prepared
career services. to respond to the challenges facing higher education.
The dean will join a senior team led by Dr. E. LaBrent
The university has a rich and enviable legacy, with a Chrite, the ninth president of Bentley University
strong foundation on which to define the institution’s and an experienced higher education leader who
next tier of excellence. The challenges confronting believes business can be a force to improve society
Bentley are not unlike those facing higher education and change lives for the better, and Dr. Donna
institutions throughout New England and the Maria Blancero, the provost and vice president for
Northeast: a dramatic demographic decline in the academic affairs, and a champion of diversity and
traditional college-age population; pressure to be inclusion. Building upon its history of continuously
responsive to the concerns of families and students adapting and reinventing business education for a
around tuition and affordability; increased competition changing world, Bentley will look to the new dean to
from both traditional and non-traditional competitors; help chart a course for future successes.
changing student expectations for delivery models of
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STUDENTS
Approximately 4,000 undergraduate, 1,000 graduate, athletic and co-curricular activities. Several unique
and 25 doctoral students are currently enrolled at assets and resources on campus provide important
Bentley. In recent years, applications have increased, experiential and co-curricular learning opportunities for
selectivity has remained high, and the undergraduate students. The state-of-the-art Trading Room prepares
program has achieved a 92% first-year retention rate students to excel in finance by connecting them with
and an 89% six-year graduation rate. Students enroll the latest industry-standard software in a dynamic and
from all over the U.S., with the majority coming from interactive learning environment, and the Computer
New England and New York State. Bentley’s student- Information Systems Department’s “Sandbox”
faculty ratio is 11:1, with an average class size of 27, prepares students to thrive in a technology-driven
providing students with the benefits of a small college business world. Key programs and initiatives bolster
campus. these efforts—for instance, the selective Women’s
Leadership Program enables women to develop
The university continues to grow increasingly skills and strategies for self-advocacy and leadership
diverse: 25% of undergraduate students and 21% advancement.
of graduate students identify as ALANA (African
American, Latino-American, Asian-American, Native Bentley’s highly regarded Pulsifer Career Development
American, and multicultural, not including international Center is integral to the student experience, with 92%
students). International students account for 15% of of undergraduate students completing one internship
undergraduates and 26% of graduate students. The and 68% completing two or more. For more than a
increasingly diverse and talented campus community decade, 97 to 99% of graduates have been employed
is supported by the Multicultural Center, the Center for or enrolled in graduate school within six months of
International Students and Scholars, and many more graduation. Bentley graduates do not just land great
programs embedded in the Division of Student Affairs. jobs, they are active contributors to society. This well-
rounded approach delivers a dynamic career and
Students enjoy access to a highly motivated residential fulfilling life.
community of scholars, with a rich student life
experience complementing academics, including a
strong service-learning program and a full range of
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FACULTY Bentley’s faculty are a prized resource, benefiting experiences through liberal arts study. In fact, the from a long history and strong culture of shared faculty is one body, not divided by disciplinary governance. Lauded for their ability to prepare ethical focus, and faculty govern themselves in university- business leaders to meet the challenges of tomorrow, wide committee structures. A 31-member Faculty the 265 full-time faculty members (which includes Senate represents the faculty in all matters of faculty tenured and tenure-track faculty, along with lecturers) governance except those that concern changes in and 160 part-time faculty members are innovative the governance structure itself, changes in the rules and impactful teachers. Of the full-time and part-time governing promotion and tenure, and major curricular faculty, 162 and 87, respectively, teach in business changes, all of which must be submitted to the faculty fields. in general. The faculty at Bentley are recognized for their The university is accredited by the New England strong collaboration and connections to the larger Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) and community, and for valuing an education that AACSB International, which speaks to the university’s combines business acumen with broadening overall quality. SEARCH PROSPECTUS: Dean of Business 6
UNDERGRADUATE
EDUCATION
Bentley’s educational offerings have been informed
by corporate partners and alumni in key positions
around the world. By combining business education
with arts and sciences, Bentley provides students with
the critical thinking and practical skills to help them
collaborate and communicate effectively and lead
successful, rewarding careers. Experiential learning
opportunities and study abroad broaden the excellent BUSINESS MAJORS
classroom education, and the small student-faculty
ratio promotes close interaction and mentorship. • Accountancy
• Business Economics
From its founding as a school to teach accounting,
Bentley has grown to offer 26 majors in business and • Computer Information Systems*
the liberal arts and sciences (see box), as well as • Corporate Finance and Accounting
37 minors. Of students who have declared majors,
• Creative Industries
currently 97% have chosen a business degree. The
new, flexible core curriculum -- to be launched in • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Fall 2022 -- allows for double majoring. Integrated • Economics-Finance
double majors for business students enable them to
• Finance
explore thematic areas in depth, such as Ethics and
Social Responsibility; Earth, Environment, and Global • Information Design and Corporate
Sustainability; Quantitative Perspectives and Health Communication
& Industry. Similarly, liberal arts & sciences students • Information Systems Audit and Control*
may add a Business Studies major or minor. The new
curriculum also is designed to help students transfer • Management
to Bentley from other colleges and universities. • Marketing
Bentley recently developed a Diversity, Equity and • Professional Sales
Inclusion (DE&I) major for undergraduates. Students • Quantitative Economics*
who pursue this major can choose from two pathways:
a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a focus on critical ARTS AND SCIENCES MAJORS
and theoretical approaches to social justice, and
a Bachelor of Science degree, which emphasizes • Actuarial Science*
the importance of DE&I in organizational strategy. • Data Analytics*
Both options will pair core business courses, such
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
as Managing Diversity in the Workplace and Gender
and the Law, and core arts and sciences courses, • English
including Cross-Cultural Communication and Race • Health Studies
and Racism in U.S. History, with electives spanning
multiple disciplines. • History
• International Affairs
Bentley’s Honors Program is offered to the top 10%
of the entering class. Honors students enjoy small • Language, Culture and Business
and interactive honors courses, special fellowships • Liberal Arts
and research opportunities, and direct entry into the
• Mathematical Sciences*
combined BS/MS degree program. High-achieving
students may enroll in the Advanced Standing • Media and Culture
in Business program, enabling them to take four • Philosophy
graduate courses during their final two years as
an undergraduate. Graduates are automatically • Public Policy
accepted into Bentley’s MBA program, with only 8 • Sustainability Science
courses left to complete this degree.
*STEM-designated major
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GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
The McCallum Graduate School offers programs taught interdisciplinary set of courses with an emphasis on
by industry-tested faculty, flexible schedules (full-time, business, technology, and society. The Bentley PhD
part-time, and online), lifetime services from the top- programs prepare students for successful careers in
ranked Pulsifer Career Development Center, and a academia by ensuring students critically engage with
global alumni community numbering 65,000 and in existing literature and conduct rigorous, publishable
virtually every field. As with the undergraduate program, research.
the development of graduate programs has benefitted
from the advice of industry leaders and the programs In 2020 Bentley University partnered with Beth Israel
themselves provide students with key communication, Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to bring a highly
leadership, and critical thinking skills along with customized MBA program to equip BIDMC and Beth
specialized expertise in their field of interest. Israel Lahey Health’s leaders with the skills they will need
to meet the complicated challenges faced by healthcare
The Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree organizations. This innovative new program is a model
is offered in multiple modalities (full-time, part-time, for the kinds of exciting new graduate partnerships
and online) and in locations designed to meet the Bentley will explore in the years ahead.
needs of today’s business professionals. Six Master
of Science degrees are also offered, four of which are Bentley also offers a portfolio of non-degree
STEM-designated, facilitating enrollment for international programs to regional organizations through Executive
students. Bentley also offers flexible, stackable, online Education. These offerings carry a reputation as high-
Graduate Certificates in three broad areas: Management touch learning experiences for individuals seeking to
& Leadership, Analytics & Technology, and Finance & expand their business and leadership skills. Bentley
Accounting. Each area enables students subsequently is poised to build on its brand as a university that
to apply their certificate credits toward a future graduate integrates business, leadership, and the arts and
degree at Bentley. sciences in the development of lifelong learners.
Bentley, combined with the thought leadership of faculty
Existing Bentley graduate students can further enhance across campus, is supporting the local and national
their competitive advantage in the marketplace by community in amplifying the intersectionality of diversity,
earning both an MBA and Master of Science (MS) dual equity, inclusion, and belonging with business, ethics,
degree by sharing up to four courses between programs and leadership. As the regional and national market for
to further expand their skill set and obtain two graduate executive and professional development is undergoing
business degrees in less time. significant change, Bentley has the reputation to capture
market share and grow its offerings by leveraging
Two PhD programs in Accountancy and Business are its experience in delivering inclusive leadership and
offered at Bentley featuring a fresh approach to doctoral management development. As a strong supporter of
study. The PhD programs combine real-world research the local business community, Bentley’s focus on adult
with the academic excellence and intellectual depth that learning design principles prepares corporate and non-
can only be found at the intersection of business and profit leaders to stretch and grow themselves and their
the arts and sciences. Both programs offer a broad, organizations forward.
MCCALLUM GRADUATE PROGRAMS
• MBA, Business • MS, Human Factors
Administration in Information
• MS, Accountancy Design
• MS, Accounting • MS, Taxation
Analytics • PhD, Accountancy
• MS, Business • PhD, Business
Analytics
• MS, Finance (plus
an optional Financial
Analytics track)
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DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND RACIAL JUSTICE
Diversity matters at Bentley. That statement is not campus’s deliberate reflection and dialogue leading
an empty promise, but rather a core value that to a better understanding of race and racism at
has been nurtured by the institution for more than Bentley, identifies areas for sustained investment, and
30 years. Building on a solid foundation that took encourages all community members to participate
shape in the early 90s with the establishment of a in affecting change. In parallel with these efforts, the
formal diversity initiative, Bentley has demonstrated President’s Cabinet developed systemic racial justice
a strong commitment to inclusive excellence actions and guidelines. Among the results are implicit
through structural and programmatic investments. bias training for all searches, changes to enrollment
Coordination of systemic efforts is led by the Office processes to minimize the impact of test scores,
of Diversity & Inclusion, and a network of centers broadening procurement strategies with diversity and
support student success, curricular requirements for inclusion as a goal, a full review of media created
all undergraduates and professional development by the university, and the establishment of a Chief
opportunities available to all faculty and staff. Diversity and Inclusion position. The Academic Affairs
Division has developed a comprehensive strategic
Stemming from the activism of student and alumni plan that includes implementing departmental DE&I
following the racial unrest in the summer of 2020, audits and tracking progress, sponsoring annual
a Racial Justice Task Force was formed to foster inclusive pedagogy workshops, creating pathways to
a more anti-racist community, leading to a Racial Bentley’s Honors and Advanced Standing programs
Equity Tool Kit, an Inclusive Excellence Dashboard, for underrepresented students, and seeking mutually
and a Discovery Document. The latter chronicles the beneficial partnerships with MSIs.
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DEAN OF BUSINESS
Reporting to the provost, the new dean will oversee • Smoothly implement the new undergraduate
all undergraduate and graduate business programs, curriculum. Following deliberate, well-reasoned
as well as Executive Education. The provost, the study by the faculty, the new curriculum will be
dean of arts and sciences, and the dean of business launched in Fall 2022. Partnering with the dean of
work as a team managing the academic budgets arts and sciences, the dean will ensure that the
and collaboratively promoting academic excellence curriculum is administered well, results in greater
across the university. Arriving at Bentley at a flexibility for double majors, transfer students, and
pivotal time, the dean will work with the new senior those majoring in the liberal arts and sciences.
administration to create an ambitious agenda for a The dean will foster an environment of continuous
university primed to excel well into the future. improvement, responsive to changes in students’
educational needs and higher education trends.
Reporting to the business dean are nine business
departments, a senior associate dean for graduate • Working with the provost, dean of arts and
programs, an associate dean for undergraduate sciences, and senior leadership, the dean
business, the director of the PhD program, the will foster an environment of sound fiscal
director of executive education, and an executive stewardship, remaining mindful of rising concerns
assistant. Additionally, the associate dean of DE&I about college affordability and the need to
reports jointly to the dean of business and the dean demonstrate value.
of arts and sciences. The dean may be eligible for • Leverage Bentley’s strengths in research
tenure. and teaching to build an extensive executive
education portfolio. With the excellent reputation
The university will look to the next dean for leadership of the Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women and
to: Business and the W. Michael Hoffman Center for
Business Ethics, as well as the successful entry
• Evaluate the portfolio of graduate degrees into partnerships in the health care arena, Bentley
and certificate programs and develop a is poised to expand strategic partnerships with
strategic plan for the future of graduate and area corporations and organizations looking for
professional study. Considering Bentley’s collaborations and educational opportunities to
strengths, employment trends, market realities, benefit their workforce.
new modes of instruction, and changes to higher
• Build upon Bentley’s recent initiatives to promote
education in general and post-Covid, the dean will
diversity, inclusion, and racial justice throughout
work with the senior administration and the faculty
the campus. The dean will serve as an exemplar of
to solidify Bentley’s niche market, identify new
an inclusive, just administrator and, recognizing that
opportunities, diversify revenue, and build upon
this important work never stops, will regularly assess
Bentley’s successes.
progress towards the university’s and the division’s
espoused goals and work across the campus to
implement actions where needed.
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The next dean will bring the following qualities:
• Leadership experiences that enable the dean • Strong commitment to and leadership success in
to “see the big picture” accompanied by promoting a positive, inclusive, and collaborative
attentiveness to detail culture
• An entrepreneurial approach to the academy and • Excellent management skills, and the ability to
a history of program innovation and successful inspire people to hold themselves accountable for
implementation, particularly at the graduate and achieving aims
professional educational level • Deep understanding of trends in higher education
• A history of successfully developed partnerships in general and business education in particular
to benefit the university and its students • Experience in a senior leadership role in a
• Enthusiasm for fund-raising and alumni relations business school
• Demonstrated commitment to shared governance, • Terminal degree required
collaboration, transparent decision-making, and
open communication
SEARCH PROSPECTUS: Dean of Business 11TO APPLY The search for Bentley University’s next dean of Bentley University strives to create a campus business is being assisted by Academic Search. community that welcomes the exchange of ideas and Applications, nominations, and expressions of fosters a culture that values differences and views interest can be submitted in confidence to them as a strength in our community. BentleyDean@academicsearch.org. Applications should consist of a substantive cover letter addressing Bentley University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, the qualifications and expectations listed above, building strength through diversity. The university curriculum vitae, and a list of five professional is committed to building a community of talented references with full contact information and a note students, faculty and staff who reflect the diversity of indicating the nature of your working relationship. global business. We strongly encourage applications References will not be contacted without the explicit from persons from underrepresented groups, permission of the candidate. Applications will be individuals with disabilities, covered veterans and accepted until the position is filled, but only those those with diverse experiences and backgrounds. received by October 3, 2021 can be assured full consideration. Confidential discussions about this opportunity may be arranged by contacting Senior Consultants Herzberger (sharon.herzberger@academicsearch.org) or Tom Horgan (tom.horgan@academicsearch.org). SEARCH PROSPECTUS: Dean of Business 12
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