New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations

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 statutory college of the State University of New York (SUNY).

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Cornell University - Undergraduate - United States - Statutory college - State University of New York

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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.

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Business - Industry - Labor - Government - Education - Workplace - Ivy League - State university - Cornell University

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The School of Industrial and Labor Relations enrolls about 780 undergraduates and approximately 200 graduate students.

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