The George Warren Brown School of Social Work, sometimes referred to as the Brown School, is one of the world's leading schools for the training of social workers, and is ranked 1st by US News. As one of the academic units of Washington University in St. Louis, the Brown School was founded in 1925 as the department of social work, and became an endowed school in 1945. With one of the few social work post doctoral fellowships in the nation, and partnerships with the Open Society Institute, the Brown School is an international research center. The Brown School offers a two year MSW, a PhD, and... a Master of Public Health. The Brown School's Vision: "Our vision is to create positive social change through our path-breaking research and educational excellence." The Brown School's Mission: "Our Mission is to educate and prepare future social work leaders in areas of policy, practice, and research; to pioneer research and apply results to impact policy and practice locally, nationally, and internationally; to collaborate with organizations to use evidence to improve access to and quality of social services and to address social and economic justice.
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