Gatekeeping in BSW Programs
Contributors: Patty Gibbs (Editor); Eleanor H. Blakely (Editor)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: March 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780231110501
Subjects: Organization & management of education; Social Work; Social Science / Social Work; Social Science; Sociology; Peer review; Social Work Education; United States
Description: "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?" "This all-in-one resource, written by social work educators with special interests and expertise in gatekeeping, provides the knowledge and tools that faculty and administrators need to carry out their duties conscientiously and appropriately."--BOOK JACKET.