The Future is Now
Dean Monica Adya of Rutgers School of Business–Camden (RSBC) explains how the school is preparing students and working professionals to lead in an AI-enabled economy.
AI is reshaping business education and the workplace. In this discussion, Dean Monica Adya of Rutgers School of Business–Camden (RSBC) explains how the school is preparing students and working professionals to lead in an AI-enabled economy.
How is Rutgers–Camden rethinking its MBA curriculum to ensure graduates can lead in organizations where AI is becoming a core business capability?
At Rutgers School of Business–Camden, our AI journey began with faculty and staff. We knew that preparing students for an AI-enabled workplace first required ensuring that our faculty understood how AI was changing both higher education and the corporate environment. In our most recent faculty survey, more than 63% reported teaching AI tools in their courses.
What I am particularly proud of is that our work has moved well beyond simply allowing students to use tools such as ChatGPT. In one FinTech course, students are graded on their ability to identify deliberately planted errors in AI-generated analysis. The skill being assessed then becomes the ability to direct and verify AI, not simply to produce an output. Our goal is not simply to teach students how to use AI, but to prepare them to exercise judgment about when, why and how it should be used.
How do you balance foundational business principles with rapidly evolving AI tools?
The tools will continue to change, but the fundamental capabilities of strong business leaders will not. Our students still need to understand strategy, finance, analytics, organizational behavior, communication, ethical decision-making and how to exercise sound judgment. We see AI as something that should strengthen those capabilities rather than replace them.
Looking ahead, what would success look like?
Are our graduates advancing professionally? Are employers increasingly sending their employees to us and hiring our graduates? If we can point to both changed career trajectories for our graduates and stronger organizations in South Jersey because of their connection to RSBC, that would be a very meaningful measure of success.
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