Complex sentence: She studied at Rutgers University in New Jersey, earning a master's degree in library science in 1971, and then enrolled at South Dakota State University, where her husband was a faculty member, receiving an M.A. in English literature in 1972.
Split into simpler sentences: She studied at Rutgers University in New Jersey, earning a master's degree in library science in 1971. She then enrolled at South Dakota State University, where her husband was a faculty member, and received an M.A. in English literature in 1972.