Education
Several universities offer programs of study pertaining to
HR and related fields. The School of Industrial and Labor
Relations at Cornell University was the world's first school
for collegelevel
study in HR.[22] It continues to offer
education at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional
levels; and it operates a joint degree program with the
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Other universities with entire colleges dedicated to the study
of HR include Michigan State University, University of
Minnesota, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign,
Renmin University of China and the London School of
Economics. Many colleges and universities house
departments and institutes related to the field, either within a
business school or in another college. Most business schools
offer courses in HR, often in their departments of
management.