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Continuing and Professional Studies
Beyond skills. Toward strategy. Preparing professionals for the future of work.
We build the strategic capacity professionals need to thrive in a changing world.
Rutgers Continuing and Professional Studies (CPS) connects university excellence with the realities of today’s workplaces. Based within the School of Communication and Information, CPS delivers professional non-credit education that mirrors the way modern work happens, where communication, data, media, leadership, and operations intersect. We help professionals turn that complexity into clarity, strategy, and results. Each CPS program builds the strategic mindset, competencies, and confidence professionals need to lead change across their organizations.
Find a Certificate to Accelerate Your Career Goals
- Advanced Creative Operations Certificate
- Crisis Communication and Reputation Management Certificate
- Digital Asset Management Bronze Certificate
- Digital Asset Management (DAM) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Silver Certificate
- Digital Asset Management for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (DAM for GLAM) Silver Certificate
- Media Asset Management in Practice Certificate
- Public Relations Certificate
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Student and Alumni Stories
By investing time in this certificate program, Matt Ong said, “Ultimately, I received expanded knowledge, shared perspective, and validation to lean into my expertise and unique values."
The highlight of the evening was the Pinning Ceremony of the graduates, which symbolized both achievement and belonging within the CPS community.
"Without people, process, technology, and data working together," Lindsay Colavito said, "it's hard to have a high-functioning creative operations team."
Thought Leadership
The simple truth is that when a crisis unfolds the WIIFM (What’s In It For Me?) proposition kicks into overtime!
Beneath these cases lies the same pattern: a profound miscalculation of consumer sentiment, a disconnect between data and reality, and an overconfidence that “modernization” alone is a winning strategy.
"Don’t try to change everything at once. Start with the low-hanging fruit. Small changes really can fuel big initiatives," SC&I CPS Lecturer Clair Carter-Ginn advises.
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