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The Masters Program in Labor and Employment Relations at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations is a good option for working professionals and international students. Geared more for practitioners than for scholars, most - if not all - of its classes are held for 3-hour sessions once per week for 12 weeks each Fall, Spring, and Winter semester. The labor campus is rural (a mile from the Rutgers Farm and within walking distance to Rutgers Gardens), so it's quite peaceful compared to... Read More the other campuses - like College Ave and Douglass - with bustling undergraduate activity and lots of loud parties. The professors are readily accessible and helpful. They appreciate curious and highly demanding students, so if you're looking to make the most of your education, this is the place to go. They have strong ties to the labor movement in New Jersey, as well, so there are lots of opportunities to gain experience with worker centers. Nevertheless, there are a few disadvantages to enrolling in this program. Unless you're a union organizer or working for a union in another capacity, then this program is by and large irrelevant to you, as much of the coursework will be about the history of unions and labor law. Even if you're an employment relations specialist, you're better off enrolling in the Masters in Human Resources Management (the other graduate program offered at Rutgers SMLR), which is a more prestigious program that rivals the same at Cornell University in New York City. But it should be well noted that for both the MLER and the MHRM, most courses are cross-listed and the faculty shared.