<p>lol… hm… </p>
<p>Quite a bit of rivalry among neighbors. </p>
<p>If you’re interested in the human side of business, ILR is really one of the best places in the country to be. Its combination of organizational behavior, human resources, labor economics, and labor law imparts a unique competency in labor issues that sets its graduates apart from run-of-the-mill business majors. There are also plenty of electives, allowing you to delve further into ILR, or complement the degree with traditional business classes. </p>
<p>There is a running joke that ILR stands for “I Love Reading,” but it tends to be in a joking way. The department of Collective Bargaining is particularly notorious for assigning heavy reading, though the main skill you get is learning to skim, and synthesize a lot of information quickly. </p>
<p>As for theory vs practice, from the standpoint of a Hotelie, ILR may indeed look more “theoretical,” but the Hotel School is as pre-professional as programs come. From the standpoint of a traditional econ or even business program, I think ILR’s curriculum looks very practical. You can also tinker with the theory vs practice in electives. My own opinion (which is difficult to substantiate in a single post) is that the ILR curriculum as a whole is markedly practical, rather than theoretical.</p>