Doctoral Social Work Education Responding to Trends in Society and the Academy

This article is intended to forecast major environmental changes that may impact social work doctoral education and assess what should be done in anticipation of these changes. We apply an open system and future studies perspective to guide our work. We present a set of predicted societal changes th...

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Published inResearch on social work practice Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 224 - 233
Main Authors Cnaan, Ram A., Ghose, Toorjo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2018
Subjects
Doctoral Programs
Educational Change
Educational Trends
Futures (of Society)
Higher Education
Professional Education
Social Change
Social Work
social work education
doctoral education
changing environment
societal challenges
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Summary:This article is intended to forecast major environmental changes that may impact social work doctoral education and assess what should be done in anticipation of these changes. We apply an open system and future studies perspective to guide our work. We present a set of predicted societal changes that will impact social work as a profession and doctoral education in particular. We then present and discuss major expected changes in higher education and further assess some of their potential impact on social work doctoral education. We conclude with a synthesis of how these pending changes may impact social work doctoral education and what can be done in anticipation of these changes.
ISSN:1049-7315
1552-7581
DOI:10.1177/1049731517718938