The Institute on Aging at Boston College sees social workers as a key group for meeting the challenges of an increasingly white-haired world. more »
The annual HIV/AIDS conference, founded and organized for the past 20 years by the Graduate School of Social Work, provides a vital community for hardworking social workers. more »
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Mission & Vision
Our mission is both professional and academic. By grounding our teaching and learning with hands-on experience and rigorous scholarship, we prepare students for an effective and meaningful practice of social work and we foster the attainment of social justice.
By providing a professional framework that promotes individual dignity, respects diversity, and seeks distributive justice in the Catholic, Jesuit tradition, we instill in social workers the knowledge, values, and skills:
- To initiate and sustain change
- To provide visionary leadership
Academically, we cultivate an atmosphere of intellectual discipline and innovative faculty and student scholarship and research that:
- Contributes to the knowledge base of the profession
- Improves society's understanding of the systems in which individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities thrive.
Our curriculum is sharply focused to meet the needs of a changing society. We remain an international leader in shaping the education of professional social workers.
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
McGuinn Hall,
Chestnut Hill,
MA
02467
617.552.4020
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