New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University
The New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University[2] (ILR) is an industrial relations school and one of Cornell University's four statutory colleges. The School has five academic departments which include: Labor Economics, Human Resource Management, Global Labor and Work, Organizational Behavior, and Statistics & Data Science.[3]
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Established by the state legislature in 1945, the school is a statutory or contract college through the State University of New York (SUNY) system and receives funding from the State of New York. It was the world's first school for college-level study in workplace issues and remains as one of the leading institutions for industrial relations. In addition to its undergraduate curriculum, the school offers professional and doctoral degrees, as well as executive education programs.
In Fall 2016, the School received 1,925 freshman applications and accepted 235 students (12.2% acceptance rate).[4]
Since 1946, the school has participated in Cornell University's cooperative extension program, which reaches every county in the state. The school's extension program provides training and consulting services to both organized labor and management on contract negotiations, handling grievances, and employee relations.[30]
The school's international program hosts scholars from other nations to conduct research in Ithaca as visiting fellows.[31] Starting in 1952, the school conducted the Liberian Codification Project under the direction of Milton R. Konvitz.[32]
The school also hosts:
Since 1947, the school's faculty publishes a quarterly academic journal named the Industrial and Labor Relations Review.[34] The school's Sports Business Society has also published the magazine Sports, Inc. since 2008.[35]
Notable people[edit]
Notable faculty[edit]
Current and former faculty include Charles Tharp, former SVP of HR at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Saks;[36][37] Francine D. Blau (also ILR alumna), first female recipient of the IZA Prize; and the 4th U.S. Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins—the first female U.S. Cabinet member, the longest-serving (12 years) Secretary of Labor, witness to the Triangle Factory fire, and champion of both the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Social Security Act.[38] Andy Stern, former President of the SEIU, holds an appointment as the Alice B. Grant Labor Leader in Residence at the school.[39]