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A Seat At The Table: Visioning Social Work’S Leadership Future, Lucas Hall
A Seat At The Table: Visioning Social Work’S Leadership Future, Lucas Hall
DSW Capstone Projects
This capstone focuses on the history of social work leadership, current trends in social work leadership, what is lacking and where we can go in the future. The systematic literature review was focuses on what is in the literature as it relates to social work leadership preparation. The conceptual paper proposes the creation of social work leadership fellowships and certification programs. Finally, the practice application paper is the full realization of the first two papers. A solution to the crisis of a lack of social work leadership preparation is proposed and fully fleshed out. The solution being the full-scale implementation …
Mission Adrift: The Impact Of Managerialism On Graduate Social Work Education, Carolyn Hanesworth
Mission Adrift: The Impact Of Managerialism On Graduate Social Work Education, Carolyn Hanesworth
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Neoliberal policies have led to the installation of managerialism, or the application of business practices and principles in institutions of higher education. Although much is known about the impact of managerialism on faculty in the overall academy, very little is known about its impact in specific disciplines, particularly in the United States. Using semi-structured interviews, this dissertation investigates how social work faculty experience and negotiate managerialism in the traditional pillars of teaching, service, and scholarship.
This study found that managerialism leads universities to place new and increased demands for productivity, efficiency, and accountability on social work faculty. Respondents report major …