Rutgers University Women in IT: Journey Through The Decades

Growing up in the 1970s and early ‘80s, Laura Gordon could not remember a time when her mother, Arlene, wasn’t working in the tech industry. An early pioneer of IT and computer science, Arlene Rosenbaum's groundbreaking career seemed unlikely when she graduated from City College of New York in 1964–a newlywed whose degree in theoretical mathematics seemed non-applicable. “Interviewers said they would not hire and train me if I was planning to have children,” Arlene recalls. “And they bluntly asked that question.”

MBS Students: Where You Fit In & How to Succeed in 2021 and Beyond

“American businesses need workers who are not only knowledgeable in their technical fields but also have the skills that can adapt that knowledge to compete profitably in the marketplace. Graduates with an MBS degree will know how to lead innovations from idea to commercialization, understand market and customer needs, know how to assess financial decisions and demonstrate leadership and team-building skills.” Deborah Silver, Ph.D., 2010
 

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