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The '''School of Social Work''' is the oldest school of its kind in the U.S. Originally founded as the New York School of Social Work, it merged with Columbia in [[1940]]. It currently occupies an expansive [[School of Social Work Building|new building]] on [[Amsterdam Avenue]], making a mockery of professors cramped into overcrowded [[IAB]] down the street.
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The '''School of Social Work''' is the oldest school of its kind in the U.S. In 1906, Dr. George Edmund Hayes (the first African American to receive a doctorate from Columbia University) uses his social work training to start the predecessor to the National Urban league.  Originally founded as the New York School of Philanthropy, it changed names to the New York School of Social Work in 1917. While the school had a relationship with Columbia, it did not officially merge with Columbia until [[1940]].
  
 
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Revision as of 19:54, 3 November 2022

School of Social Work
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Established 1898 (part of Columbia from 1940)
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Dean Jeanette C. Takamura
Degrees MS, PhD
Enrollment 896 students (2005)
Website www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/

The School of Social Work is the oldest school of its kind in the U.S. In 1906, Dr. George Edmund Hayes (the first African American to receive a doctorate from Columbia University) uses his social work training to start the predecessor to the National Urban league. Originally founded as the New York School of Philanthropy, it changed names to the New York School of Social Work in 1917. While the school had a relationship with Columbia, it did not officially merge with Columbia until 1940.

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