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The ILR School is proud to partner with Cornell's David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement in our efforts to enhance and expand the engaged learning opportunities available for ILR students. This school-wide initiative builds on ILR’s long-standing commitment to improving the lives of workers and advancing progressive outcomes for communities, unions and organizations. The cornerstone of this initiative is ILR’s new Office of Engaged and Experiential Programs. The office coordinates an array of engaged and experiential learning and research opportunities, and seeks to create new engaged experiences for ILR students.

ILR Engaged Learning Courses

Beyond the Classroom

Find ILR engaged learning courses and research opportunities by searching the Einhorn Center’s course directory.

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High Road NYC Wraps Its Third Year

On August 1, the High Road New York City fellowship drew to a close. 25 Cornell ILR undergraduates gathered at ILR’s New York City office, joined by the sponsors, mentors and organizers who helped mark a third successful iteration of the program.
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High Road NYC Wraps Its Third Year

Inspiring Students to Become Global Citizens Through Engaged Learning

Richard “Dick” Fincher ’73, who has been instrumental in creating and teaching the Vietnam Engaged Learning Program and the Hopi & Navajo Engaged Learning Program, has announced his intention to slow down and gradually retire from teaching, but the legacy he has created will continue.
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Inspiring Students to Become Global Citizens Through Engaged Learning

Paving the way for NYC High Roaders

Edwin “Ed” Baum ’81 and his wife, Holly Wallace, are supporting the New York City High Road initiative by funding stipends, subsidizing housing and providing robust program support.
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Paving the way for NYC High Roaders

David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement

Engaged College Initiative

The ILR School is part of the Engaged College Initiative from the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement. Through the initiative, the Einhorn Center provides three-year foundational block grants, consultations and training with the ultimate goal of building a long-term collaborative relationship that advances and sustains engaged learning within the school.

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“We share the Einhorn Center’s overarching goal of having all students participate in a community- engaged learning opportunity during their time at Cornell. I believe that through our collaboration with the Einhorn Center, and with the support of this comprehensive grant, we will be able to achieve this ambitious goal by 2025.”

– Kara Lombardi, assistant dean for Student Experience and Wellbeing