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Advocacy and Support for MSW Applicants Who do not Meet Admission Requirements
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In this article, a seven-phase model is presented for the admissions and student services of a school of social work to identify those promising candidates who do not meet MSW admissions requirements but who are otherwise strong based on professional development criteria.Abstract:
This paper discusses a seven-phase model an office of admissions and student services of a school of social work employs to prepare for successful application those promising candidates who do not meet MSW admissions requirements but who are otherwise strong based on professional development criteria. The paper offers a rationale of the program, analyzes each phase of the model, and offers descriptive programmatic data on the model's performance. Implications are drawn for the role of social workers and schools of social work in the development of candidates for graduate professional education.read more
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A Stakeholder Analysis of Admission in a Baccalaureate Social Work Program.
TL;DR: In this article, a stakeholder analysis of a baccalaureate social work program was conducted to seek stakeholder perspectives on admissio-professional admission practices.
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Grade inflation investigation: ethical challenges to the social work academy
TL;DR: The assessment of students by the social work academy measures their performances on standardized tests, which may be unofficially used as indicators of an applicant's intellectual and scholastic potential as mentioned in this paper .
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The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a case study with older adults with substance abuse, focusing on the importance of resilience to violence and opposition to violence in the context of social work.
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The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism
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The Empowerment Tradition in American Social Work: A History
TL;DR: The empowerment perspective within social work practice seeks to help clients draw on personal, interpersonal and political strengths that enable them to gain greater control - both individually and collectively - over their environment and to attain their aspirations as mentioned in this paper.
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Student Retention, Social Support, and Dropout Intention: Comparison of Black and White Students.
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Student Retention and The Use of Campus Facilities by Race
TL;DR: A study showed that use of different university facilities relates to retention for students in general and black students in particular as discussed by the authors, and that black students were more likely to use different facilities than white students.