A Day Late and a Dollar Short: A National Survey of the Teaching of Financial Management in Schools of Social Work

Abstract

Social work administrators in social service organizations face an increasingly hostile environment with changing demands. The curricula in schools of social work attempt to keep pace with the need for administrative content but not for much-needed content in financial management. The national survey described here found a gap in the extent to which schools respond to this need, the content that is being taught, and how it is being taught. The continuing gap in the curriculum is of concern to social work educators and practitioners alike.