Patterns of Deployment among Graduate Faculty: A Survey

Abstract

A survey of deans and directors of graduate schools of social work revealed a diverse mix of faculty and administrative interest in employing line faculty with varied training, especially in concentrations. When deployment in five traditional curriculum areas was compared to degrees taken, it was found that more extradisciplinary faculty were teaching research and human behavior in the social environment, while DSWs were teaching more practice courses. Overall involvement in practice courses was high. Implications for graduate social work education were drawn, calling for interdisciplinary cooperation across the curriculum areas and in other educational models.