As a student in the Rutgers Part-Time MBA Program, James Kindelsperger mastered some skills that allowed him to succeed through four years of studies. A working professional with a full-time job and a young father with a wife who had her own career, Kindelsperger faced the task of coordinating schedules, "being there for everyone," and often collaborating with classmates with responsibilities of their own.

As a student in the Rutgers Part-Time MBA Program, James Kindelsperger mastered some skills that allowed him to succeed through four years of studies. A working professional with a full-time job and a young father with a wife who had her own career, Kindelsperger faced the task of coordinating schedules, "being there for everyone," and often collaborating with classmates with responsibilities of their own.

In the 1980s, the primary motivation for doing an MBA was probably a desire to master marketing, as that was seen as the shortest career path to the C-suite. In the 1990s, it was a desire for well-paying jobs in finance that drove many to pursue an MBA (with the exception of marketers who were being promoted and realised that (oops!) they knew nothing about marketing).