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Cornell Launches New Online Graduate Certificate in HR Management

ILR School’s new e-learning program provides nine Cornell credit hours.

eCornell and Cornell’s ILR School are pleased to announce the launch of the Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management. This new online certificate program is the first of its kind by the ILR School offering nine graduate credits towards a Cornell Master of Industrial and Labor Relations or Master of Professional Studies from ILR.

The new program is designed for human resources professionals seeking to develop executive-level HR and management skills. The program can be completed entirely online in as little as nine months. The curriculum can be customized to allow students to tailor their course options to meet individual learning objectives and offer unprecedented access to ILR faculty through an innovative combination of:

• Interactive online HR courses.
• An immersive leadership experience.
• Live and recorded webcasts with expert ILR faculty.
• A Portfolio project in which students apply the coursework directly back into the workplace.

The Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management includes courses written by ILR Dean Harry C. Katz; Samuel B. Bacharach, McKelvey-Grant Professor; Christopher J.  Collins, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Advanced Human Resources Studies; Patrick M. Wright; William J. Conaty, GE Professor of Strategic HR; and Ronald L. Seeber, Professor and Associate Dean, ILR School and Cornell University Vice Provost for Land Grant Affairs.

Learn more about the Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management or read the news release announcing the Certificate.

Interview with eCornell Faculty Author Jan deRoos

Jan A. deRoos, Ph.D., HVS International Professor of Hotel Finance and Real Estate at Cornell University's Hotel School was recently inverviewed by LlenRock's Michael Katz.

Prof. deRoos has authored a six-course certificate program in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management and is a renowned scholar and expert in the field of hospitality real estate.

Q: As a company, tell me about the niche you have carved out for yourself and how you feel you are different from the competition. Why do you find this product type more appealing than alternative real estate asset classes?

A: I have the honor of holding a chaired professorship; the HVS Professor of Hotel Finance and Real Estate at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.  My professional goal is to be one of the world’s best educators and researchers regarding lodging and lodging related assets as real estate investments. [read the rest of the interview]

Cornell is big on entrepreneurship

Cornell has one of the strongest university-wide programs on entrepreneurship in the country.  The program "fosters the entrepreneurial spirit in every Cornell participant - in every college, every field, and every stage of life."

The Cornell Chronicle recently published a great summary of recent activity by Cornell students who start businesses while still in school. 

Entrepreneurship@Cornell is the organizing focal point for all of Cornell's activities.

Typically, an economic downturn leads to a boost in new ventures and entrepreneurial activity because (1) people seek new opportunities after a layoff or in lieu of working for company in trouble, and (2) because the economic downturn often creates openings to new products, services, and "disruptive" technologies.  With many well-established companies in a more conservative position, strong upstarts can often find market share.