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Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Constituent college of University of Chicago From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, formerly known as the School of Social Service Administration (SSA) from 1920 to 2021, 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 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 the School of Social Service Administration was renamed the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, following a US$75 million gift from James Crown and Paula Crown.[2][3][4]
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Rankings and reputation
The SSA is ranked third for Best Schools for Social Work by the U.S. News & World Report as of January 2025.[5]
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