▁Trust ees ▁voted ▁to ▁rename ▁the ▁School ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Social ▁Service ▁Administration . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁gradu ate ▁school ▁of ▁social ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁affili ated ▁with ▁a ▁major ▁research ▁university . ▁Abb ott ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁an ▁associate ▁professor ▁of ▁social ▁economy , ▁and ▁was ▁named ▁de an ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 . ▁She ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁US ▁woman ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁de an ▁of ▁an ▁American ▁gradu ate ▁school . ▁Abb ott , ▁along ▁with ▁Bre ck in ridge , ▁transformed ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁social ▁work ▁by ▁emphas izing ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁formal ▁education ▁in ▁social ▁work ▁and ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁include ▁field ▁experience ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁training . ▁They ▁designed ▁a ▁curr icul um ▁that ▁heavily ▁emphas ized ▁social ▁statistics ▁as ▁the ▁historical , ▁legal , ▁economic ▁and ▁political ▁root ▁causes ▁of ▁social ▁problems ▁and ▁public ▁w elf are ▁efforts . ▁In ▁addition , ▁they ▁fought ▁for ▁the ▁professional ▁status ▁of ▁social ▁work . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁Abb ott ▁collected ▁many ▁of ▁her ▁papers , ▁addresses ▁and ▁speech es ▁on ▁social ▁service ▁education ▁and ▁created ▁a ▁single ▁volume ▁entitled ▁Social ▁W elf are ▁and ▁Professional ▁Education ▁( 1 9 3 1 , ▁re vised ▁and ▁en larg ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 ). ▁ ▁Abb ott ▁focused ▁her ▁attention ▁on er ▁her ▁students ▁to ▁port ray ▁the ▁basic ▁principles ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁transm itted ▁to ▁students . ▁She ▁states ▁these ▁principles