The Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, formerly called the School of Social Service Administration (SSA), is the school of
social work at the
University of Chicago
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.
History
The school was founded in 1903 by minister and social work educator
Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor (15 September 1944 – 12 January 2017) was an English football player, manager, pundit and chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993, and also managed Lincoln C ...
as the Social Science Center for Practical Training in Philanthropic and Social Work. By 1920, through the efforts of founding mothers
Edith Abbott
Edith Abbott (September 26, 1876 – July 28, 1957) was an American economist, statistician, social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. Abbott was a pioneer in the profession of social work with an educationa ...
,
Grace Abbott and
Sophonisba Breckinridge, along with other notable trustees such as social worker
Jane Addams and philanthropist
Julius Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwald (August 12, 1862 – January 6, 1932) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and for establishing the Rosenwald Fund, which donated millions in ...
, the school merged with the University of Chicago as one of its
graduate schools. It became known from that point forward as the School of Social Service Administration. The campus building the school occupies was designed by famed modernist architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
On January 27, 2021, the university announced that following a $75 million gift from
James Crown
James Schine Crown (born June 25, 1953) is an American businessman and heir. He is president of Henry Crown and Company, a family investment company. He is a director of JPMorgan Chase & Co., General Dynamics and Sara Lee. He is also the mana ...
and Paula Crown, the SSA was renamed the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.
Programs
The school offers both a master’s-level program and a doctoral-level program in the
social sciences. The master’s program lasts two years and can be pursued either full or part-time. It awards graduates with an
A.M. degree in social work. The doctoral program awards graduating candidates with a Ph.D.
Rankings
The SSA is ranked as the best social work graduate program in the ''
Gourman Report'' and third by ''
US News
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''.
See also
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Social Service Review
''Social Service Review'' is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press which covers social welfare policy and practice and its effects. It was established in 1927 and the editor-in-chief is Jennifer Mosley (University of Chic ...
References
External links
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Guide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Office of the Dean, Alton Linford, Records 1956-1969at th
University of Chicago Special Collections Research CenterGuide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Office of the Dean, Harold Richman, Records 1969-1978
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University of Chicago Special Collections Research CenterGuide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Office of the Dean, Leon Carroll Marshall, Edith Abbott, and Helen R. Wright, Records 1920-1956
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University of Chicago Special Collections Research CenterGuide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Photographs 1935-1983
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University of Chicago Special Collections Research CenterGuide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration WIN Program Records 1969-1973
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University of Chicago Special Collections Research CenterGuide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration WIN Program Records 1969-1973
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University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
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Educational institutions established in 1920
School of Social Service Administration
Schools of social work in the United States
1920 establishments in Illinois