Ethics in Admissions

Gate‐keeping for professional social work practice

“…Reynolds urged teachers to recognize that those who are threatened by new situations can revert to earlier patterns of behavior, and encourages social work teachers to be less concerned about such behavior, and rather to help learners to regain a feeling of personal adequacy as they struggle with this new experience. Born & Carroll (1988) claim that the desire to enter a profession does not translate into entitlement. Younes (1998) proposes that as members of the profession, social work academics have a responsibility to provide society with a stock of capable professionals who will guard the public interest and advance the status of the social work profession.…”

A Closer Look at the Advanced-Standing Program in Social Work Education

“…At the same time, 86 regular 2-year students were admitted, 2 of whom did not complete the program. Neither were dismissed or placed on academic probation (see also Born and Carroll 1988).…”

Gatekeeping: A Model for Screening Baccalaureate Students for Field Education

“…Arkava and Brennan (1979) have suggested that licensing of students with bachelor of social work degrees (BSWs), granting of advanced standing, and pressure from the practice community for higher standards among graduates are among several factors that demonstrate why there is increased emphasis on guarding the gate of baccalaureate education. Also, as social work enrollments decreased in the late 1970s and early 1980s, schools appeared to be accepting students, who in the past would have been rejected, to maintain enrollments and thus .justify their existence (Born & Carroll, 1988;Carbino & Morganbesser, 1982). On the graduate level, students who were accepted generally graduated, posing implications for the profession and its standards of practice (Carbino & Morganbesser, 1982).…”