Ths State of Welfare. Gilbert Steiner. The Brookings Institution,Washington, D. C., 1971. 356 Pages, $7.50 Hardbound

A questionnaire was developed to elicit data concerning processes and criteria used in graduate programs of social work for retention, promotion, and granting tenure to faculty members. Eighty percent of the 85 graduate programs of social work within the United States and Canada responded to the questionnaire. The results of that study are reported in this paper. Also examined was the source or sanction of the decision—either specific to the program or applied in accordance with a broader academic base, that is, graduate school or university procedures.     

The Neglected Aspect of Foreign Affairs,by Charles Frankel. Washington,D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1966. 148 pp. $5.00 Hardbound

This article presents one portion of the findings from a research study of the relationship between a student's prior experience and his performance in solving social work problems commonly found in a first-year MSW program. It reports a beginning effort to find variables that appear to differentiate high-scoring students on the principal research instrument with previous work experience in social work, from low-scoring students. The findings should be of particular interest to members of admissions committees and to faculty involved in curriculum planning for advanced entering students to the master's program in social work.     

Systematic Thinking for Social Action. Alice M. Rivlin. Washington,D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1971. 150 Pages, $2.50

There is an educational and professional policy within social work that obstructs needed doctoral preparation for the individualized services. This is in contrast to the trend in other professions that require the doctorate as a minimum standard for certification of professional competence The present policy is contradictory, unrealistic, and frustrating to many clinical practitioners. There are negative consequences in an abdication of social work responsibility for knowledge-building, program development, and service provision, as well as in the evocation of dysfunctional social work practitioner behavior.     

Book Review: Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America by E. J. Dionne Jr. (ed.). The Brookings Institution Press,Washington, DC, 1998 (paperback 2000)

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Book Review: Jeffrey M. Berry and David F. Arons,A Voice for Nonprofits,The Brookings Institution,Washington, DC, 2003, 210 pp., appendix,notes, index, $26.95

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