| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 464 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction, Arena of gatekeeping / Patty Gibbs and Harry J. Macy -- Ethics of gatekeeping / David Royse -- History of gatekeeping / Linda S. Moore and David A. Jenkins -- Gatekeeping in BSW programs : a review of the research / Nancy P. Kropf -- Gatekeeping in social work education : achieving diversity and excellence / Wanda D. Bracy -- Gatekeeping in field education / Ginny Terry Raymond -- Creating a bridging environment : the screening-in process in BSW programs / Robert G. Madden -- Screening students out of BSW programs : responding to professional obligations and institutional challenges / Patty Gibbs -- Legal issues facing social work academia / Robert G. Madden and Norman H. Cobb -- Disability law and undergraduate social work education : practicing what we preach / Robert G. Madden -- Court cases and judicial opinions related to gatekeeping in colleges, universities, and professional schools / Bettie S. Cole and Robert G. Lewis -- Ethics charges against BSW students : principles and case examples / Norman H. Cobb, Penny Smith Ramsdell, and Ski Hunter |
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Academic standards for admission and retention / Patty Gibbs, Eleanor H. Blakely, and contributors -- Admission reviews in baccalaureate social work programs : is there a role for social work practitioners? / Hope O. Hagar -- Psychological testing as a tool in assessing undergraduate students for admission to a baccalaureate social work program / Rose Bogal-Allbritten and Bill Allbritten -- Developing a policy on sharing sensitive information about students with field instructors / Linda Cherrey Reeser and Robert Wertkin -- Portfolio assessment / Patty Gibbs and Lynn Frantz Adkins -- Use of comprehensive exit exams / Lynn Frantz Adkins |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Social work education -- United States
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Peer review -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work.
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Peer review
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Social work education
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gibbs, Patty
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Blakely, Eleanor H
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| ISBN |
0231504993 |
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9780231504997 |
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