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 contract college and receives partial funding from New York State.

Forces leading to the creation of the school came from leaders in American business, industry, labor, government, and education, who believed that a new type of school was needed that focused on issues involving the American workplace.

Departments

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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

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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.

References

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External links

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• School of Industrial and Labor Relations
• Explore Cornell: ILR

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