New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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The New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University was established in 1944 (first students admitted 1945) as the world's first school for college-level study in industrial and labor relations. Currently, it offers the only four-year undergraduate programs in industrial and labor relations in the United States. It is a state-supported statutory college and a partner of the State University of New York (SUNY).
Forces leading to the creation of the school came from leaders in American business, industry, labor, government, and education, who felt that a new type of school was needed that focused on issues involving the American workplace. Cornell, with its dual Ivy League and state university heritage (see Cornell University for a listing of its state-supported and privately–endowed units), seemed to be an ideal place, among such aforementioned leaders, for a school that specialized in workplace issues.
The School of Industrial and Labor Relations enrolls about 780 undergraduates and approximately 200 graduate students.
Departments
The school is divided into six departments:
- Collective Bargaining, Labor Law, and Labor History
- Human Resource Studies
- International and Comparative Labor Relations
- Labor Economics
- Organizational Behavior
- Social Statistics
Degrees
The school's undergraduate program leads to the B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations. A five-year B.S./M.S. program is also offered.
The graduate-level degrees are offered through the Graduate School. The school has the following programs for graduate students:
- M.I.L.R.
- M.I.L.R./M.B.A. Dual Degree Program with the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
- M.P.S., which is offered both on the Ithaca, New York campus and in New York City
- M.S./Ph.D.