Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice explained

Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice
Dean:	Deborah Gorman-Smith ^[1]
City:	Chicago
State:	Illinois
Country:	US
Campus:	Urban

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.

History

The school was founded in 1903 by minister and social work educator Graham Taylor as the Social Science Center for Practical Training in Philanthropic and Social Work. By 1920, through the efforts of founding mothers Edith Abbott, Grace Abbott and Sophonisba Breckinridge, along with other notable trustees such as social worker Jane Addams and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, 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 and Paula Crown, the SSA was renamed the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.^{[2] [3]}

Programs

The school offers both a master’s-level program and a doctoral-level program in social work. 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. in social work

Rankings

The SSA is ranked as the best social work graduate program in the Gourman Report, and second by US News as of January 2024.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• Social Service Review

External links

• • Guide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Office of the Dean, Alton Linford, Records 1956-1969 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
• Guide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Office of the Dean, Harold Richman, Records 1969-1978 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
• Guide 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 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
• Guide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Photographs 1935-1983 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
• Guide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration WIN Program Records 1969-1973 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
• Guide to the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration WIN Program Records 1969-1973 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center

Notes and References

1. Deborah Gorman-Smith named dean of the School of Social Service Administration . 7 March 2022 . University of Chicago News . Nov 14, 2018 . en.
2. Landmark gift to UChicago is nation's largest ever for the study of social work, policy, and practice . 11 March 2021 . University of Chicago News . Jan 27, 2021 . en.
3. News: Cherney . Elyssa . Historic gift of $75 million will go to University of Chicago social work school from Crown family . 27 January 2021 . chicagotribune.com.
4. Web site: Best Schools for Social Work . www.usnews.com/ . . 26 June 2021.
5. Web site: Ranking of U.S. Social Work/Welfare Programs . www.socialpsychology.org . . 11 March 2021.