Thus, beyond the suggested ratio, the program should have no fewer than six full-time faculty. A proportion of the graduate faculty should have previous graduate teaching experience to give academic leadership in foundation and concentration areas. The program should make specific, continuous efforts to ensure educational enrichment by reflecting racial, ethnic and cultural diversity in all categories of persons associated with the program. The program must be a chief administrator with full-time appointment to the program, and a minimum of 50 percent administrative time over the full academic year. The program must have a director of field on full-time appointment to the program with no less than 25 percent release time each quarter or semester, and possibly more, depending upon the number of students in the field.
Administrative continuity is desirable throughout the year.
Institutions not operating for the full calendar year must demonstrate that functions essential to the program and during the academic year normal for that institution are performed during the academic year. Evaluative Criterion 4. Organization, Governance, and Resources 4.0 The administrative unit of the social work program shall have sufficient autonomy to realize the program's goals. The application must include written documentation of the institution's financial commitment to support the program adequately, indicating a clearly specified position for the program in the institution's administrative structure, adequate physical facilities, equipment, and computer and library resources. The social work program shall have an organizational status and administrative structure similar to those of other professional programs in the institution.