University of Arkansas Mission
The University of Arkansas is a nationally competitive,
student-centered, research university serving Arkansas and the world.
The University embraces and expands the historic trust inherent in the
land-grant philosophy by providing access to academic and professional
education, by developing intellectual growth and cultural awareness in
its students, and by applying knowledge and research skills to an
ever-changing human condition.
School of Social Work Mission
Consistent with and flowing from the mission of the University of
Arkansas, the mission of the University of Arkansas School of Social
Work is to conduct research, educate leader/practitioners, and apply
research findings in outreach efforts, to improve the quality of life
of vulnerable persons, families, groups, organizations and communities.
This mission is achieved through the research, education and outreach
activities of the School’s students, faculty, and professional staff.
School of Social Work Goals
The goals of the School of Social Work flow from its mission and
provide direction to its education, research, and service/outreach
units including: the baccalaureate social work program, the MSW
program, the Social Work Research Center, and the Academic Partnership
in Social Welfare. These goals are to:
- Provide excellence in professional baccalaureate and masters social
work education with special attention to poverty reduction and the
integrating of new technologies.
- Conduct, disseminate, and apply social work research through
faculty, student, and professional staff efforts, particularly in the
broad area of poverty reduction.
- Provide outreach/service n the forms of training, consultation, and
continuing education to help address the needs of diverse vulnerable
people locally, nationally, and globally.
- Prepare students for life-long and interdisciplinary learning
including graduate and post-graduate education required in a global
context with ever expanding knowledge.
MSW Program Goals
Each unit of the School derives its goals from those of the School.
The goals of the MSW program flow form those of the School and are
listed below.
- Prepare graduates for advanced independent professional social work
practice grounded in a solid liberal arts and professional foundation
of knowledge, skills, and values.
- Prepare graduates for advanced empirically based professional
social work practice from a multi-system, life course perspective.
- Prepare graduates for advanced social work practice with a firm
grounding in strategies and tactics for poverty reduction, including
interdisciplinary collaborative learning, across system levels in
Arkansas, nationally, and globally.
- Prepare graduates for advanced professional social work practice
who are skilled in the use of a variety of technologies for direct
practice including research, intervention, and advocacy across the
range of social systems with sensitivity to the differing needs of
persons across the life course.
- Prepare graduate for advanced practice emphasizing collaborative
and assets-based practice approaches to prepare non-profit, public, and
private sector leader/practitioners committed to social and economic
justice who are skilled in the use of a variety of technologies for
practice in community and organizational development, management, and
finance.
- Prepare advanced professional social work practitioners for life-long learning including but not limited to doctoral studies.
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