Gatekeeping in BSW programs /

Social work educators and degree program administrators face difficult issues concerning law, student rights, and social justice in their role as gatekeepers of the social work profession. How, and why, should baccalaureate social work programs afford or restrict access to the profession? When do ga...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gibbs, Patty, Blakely, Eleanor H.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press ©2000.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/gibb11050
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Summary:Social work educators and degree program administrators face difficult issues concerning law, student rights, and social justice in their role as gatekeepers of the social work profession. How, and why, should baccalaureate social work programs afford or restrict access to the profession? When do gatekeeping strategies mask educators' reluctance to tackle some of the more thorny issues that have plagued higher education in general, for example, academe's often limited success in addressing a variety of student special needs? Balancing the interests of a diverse student population, a baccalaure.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 464 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0231504993
9780231504997
0231110502