Open AccessSocial Work Education: A Future Of Strength Or Peril
Author(s) -
Julia M. Watkins,
Dean Pierce
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advances in social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2331-4125
pISSN - 1527-8565
DOI - 10.18060/72
Subject(s) - pessimism , work (physics) , scarcity , face (sociological concept) , social work , public relations , political science , sociology , engineering ethics , social science , law , economics , engineering , epistemology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , microeconomics
In a dynamically changing world and one in which higher education generally is challenged by a scarcity of resources and the ever present need to justify the results of its mission and purpose, social work education faces an uncertain and perhaps perilous future. But rather than succumbing to pessimism, one should consider the strengths that social work education brings to the academy. The authors suggest the major challenges that face the social work educators in shaping a positive dynamic future within the academy.