UIUC Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
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The School of Labor and Employment Relations (LER) is a graduate school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
. Founded in 1946, the school is the second oldest labor and industrial relations school in the nation. Students at Illinois can earn a Masters of Human Resources and Industrial Relations (terminal professional degree) or a PhD in Industrial Relations (which is typically accompanied by an M.S. degree during the process of earning the doctorate). The school focuses on the MHRIR program. Until August 2008, LER was known as the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations.
The Institute also conducts a state-wide Labor Education Program to instruct over 2,000 union members each year. The program offers classes both on the UIUC campus and off campus about trade unions and the collective bargaining process.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
. Founded in 1946, the school is the second oldest labor and industrial relations school in the nation. Students at Illinois can earn a Masters of Human Resources and Industrial Relations (terminal professional degree) or a PhD in Industrial Relations (which is typically accompanied by an M.S. degree during the process of earning the doctorate). The school focuses on the MHRIR program. Until August 2008, LER was known as the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Facilities
The School of Labor and Employment Relations is located at 504 East Armory Avenue in Champaign, just a couple blocks off the South end of the quad. The facility hosts most of the faculty offices, the administrative offices, two classrooms, interview rooms and conference rooms. As much of the LER program has interdisciplinary ties with law, psychology and business, some classes and faculty are affiliated with those program's facilities as well.Departments
Faculty are organized into the following areas:- Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior
- Industrial Relations and Labor Studies
- Labor Economics
- Labor Law, Public Policy and Ethics
- International, Comparative, and Cross-Cultural Studies
- SocioTechnical Systems
The Institute also conducts a state-wide Labor Education Program to instruct over 2,000 union members each year. The program offers classes both on the UIUC campus and off campus about trade unions and the collective bargaining process.