Social Work Education Responds to the Shortage of Persons with Both a Doctorate and a Professional Work Degree

Examines social work program staffing mandates of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) in the context of a shortage of qualified personnel, drawing on 2002 national survey data on 295 CSWE-accredited BSW & MSW social work programs. The five mandates from CSWE's Educational Policy &am...

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Published inJournal of social work education Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 351 - 358
Main Authors Zastrow, Charles, Bremner, Judith
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2004
Subjects
Academic Degrees
Certification
College Faculty
Doctoral postgraduates
Professors
Recruitment
Social work
Social Work Education
United States of America
USA
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Summary:Examines social work program staffing mandates of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) in the context of a shortage of qualified personnel, drawing on 2002 national survey data on 295 CSWE-accredited BSW & MSW social work programs. The five mandates from CSWE's Educational Policy & Accreditation Standards (2001) are described before discussing survey findings, which reveal programs' strategies in place or being contemplated to address recruiting difficulties. The US shortage in people with both a doctorate & professional social work degree has resulted in recruitment difficulties for these programs. It is argued that this shortage is partly the result of an increase in accredited programs while the number of people with BSWs or MSWs & a doctorate has remained stable. 2 Tables, 2 References. J. Zendejas
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ISSN:1043-7797