Graduate Education for Social Change: A Study of Political Social Workers

摘要: ABSTRACT Is it possible to conduct an effective, progressive, and politicized program for graduate students in our contemporary conservative context? This article evaluates the outcomes over seven years of a pioneering Political Social Work. Based on survey data Work alumni, addresses four outcome measures: enrollment, satisfaction with curriculum field opportunities, job career development, persistence political ideology practice. While being “political” during past decade is clearly different than was 1960s, evidence proposes that content practice can have significant place both social work education field. More specifically, study demonstrates workers 1990s were able after graduation secure employment, sustain progressive values, work.