Education Insights

ILR experts weigh in on how the U.S. labor mediation system can adapt to recent social and political changes.

Eighteen labor-management professionals recently completed the Scheinman Institute’s Foundations of Labor Arbitration, a four-month course that combined in-person and virtual learning.

3 ILR tudents reflect upon their experience in the Vietnam Engaged Learning Program

Faculty and students from the Scheinman Institute participated in a roundtable discussion with researchers from Turkey to discuss the pros and cons of Turkey's mandatory mediation system for employees.

Cheryl Massena reflects on her experience in the Scheinman Institute's Labor Arbitrator Development Program.

John Coverdale reflects on his experience in the Scheinman Institute's Labor Arbitrator Development Program.

Katie Rosen '08 MPA '09 reflects on her experience in the Scheinman Institute's Labor Arbitrator Development Program.

Adriana Vink '27 discusses her experience interning in the Grievance and Arbitration Department at the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) with support of the Scheinman Institute.

Eva Egeghy '26 reflects on her experience as a summer intern with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) offered through the Scheinman Institute.

Sam Garner, '27 reflects on her experience as a research assistant at the Scheinman Institute focusing on intergenerational conflict in the workplace.

Dionne Pohler joins the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution.

The Scheinman Institute’s Campus Mediation Program at Cornell is transforming how conflicts are addressed on campus by teaching students to resolve disputes through empathy, deep listening, and restorative justice.

The Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, in collaboration with the ILR International Programs Office, offers the Hopi & Navajo Engaged Learning Program each spring semester, which includes a field research trip to Arizona. This unique program introduces ILR students to the conflict resolution processes used by the Hopi and Navajo Nations.

Chelsey Wang '26 discusses what she learned as a student participant in the Scheinman Institute/ILR Vietnam Engaged Learning Program.

Ivor Mills '27, a student in the Scheinman Institute Vietnam Engaged Learning Program, discusses what he learned.

January marked the end of Cornell ILR’s Scheinman Institute’s Labor Arbitration Development Program (LADP), a 15-month-long hybrid program enabling a new, diverse generation of arbitrators to learn from America’s leading neutrals.

Cornell University’s ILR School welcomed Hilary Mofsowitz as the Jean McKelvey Neutral-In-Residence for the 2025-26 academic year.

Since 2015, the Scheinman Institute and the ILR International Programs Office has offered a Vietnam Engaged Learning program in Ho Chi Minh City,

The Scheinman Institute offers a new Arbitration Advocacy Certificate

Rachel Marcus reflects on her experience as an intern with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).

The Scheinman Institute offers students unique summer internships with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in Washington, D.C., and the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in New York City.

Summer Interns get hands on experience at the AFT and UFT.

Students in the Labor Arbitrator Development Program met in-person in Washington, DC, where the three days of learning focused on public sector (federal, state, and local) labor arbitration and an introduction to workplace mediation.

Alyssa Brundage '24 shares her experience taking in a winter class in Cambodia.

The third cohort of the Institute's Labor Arbitrator Development Program begins classes.

The AFT/Cornell - Scheinman Institute Collective Bargaining Certificate Program has trained over 400 participants.

Naomi Samuel discusses what she learned in the Scheinman Institute's Campus Mediation Program.

An ILR student reflects on their experience in the Vietnam Engaged Learning Program.

Andrew Epps '23, a Masters student studying Regional Planning '23, experienced mediation and negotiation for the first time in the ILR school's seven-week class on environmental mediation and negotiation. Hear him talk about how his unique background shaped his experience in the class.

Grace Kwon '24 discusses what it was like participating in the Scheinman Institute's partnership with Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.