A process evaluation of online and face-to-face options in a U.S.-based MSW program: examining differences in student perspectives and needs.

COVID-19 amplified existing stressors across the globe, with unique effects on college students. During this same time, higher education witnessed the proliferation of online technologies and the rise of third-party, private online program managers as universities and students pivoted to distance le...

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Publicado en:Social Work Education Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 1668 - 1690
Autores principales: Ricciardelli, Lauren A., Herzog, Joseph, Knierim, Matthew, Lewis, Melinda L., Toland, Ashley M., McGarity, Stephen V.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2026
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          Herzog, Joseph
          Knierim, Matthew
          Lewis, Melinda L.
          Toland, Ashley M.
          McGarity, Stephen V.
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          Department of Social Work, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA
          College of Social Work, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
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        United States
        Online education
        Social work education
        COVID-19 pandemic
        Academic achievement
        Mental health
        Student attitudes
        Educational evaluation
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          Online education
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          Academic achievement
          Mental health
          Student attitudes
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          Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)
          Other Individual and Family Services
          Educational evaluation
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        disability services
        face-to-face learning
        implicit curriculum
        Online learning
        student mental health
        disability services
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        implicit curriculum
        Online learning
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      ab: COVID-19 amplified existing stressors across the globe, with unique effects on college students. During this same time, higher education witnessed the proliferation of online technologies and the rise of third-party, private online program managers as universities and students pivoted to distance learning. Understanding U.S. social work students' mental health and academic success needs have implications for the standards of the profession, program accreditation standards (e.g. implicit curriculum), and for the ethical recruitment and enrollment of students, including the design and facilitation of online social work degree programs. Aligned with the extant body of scholarly literature, the present program evaluation surveyed social work students who were enrolled in a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)-accredited graduate social work program in the United States in Fall 2023. The purpose of the program evaluation was to examine lines of difference and non-difference between social work students currently enrolled in the asynchronous online learning option (n = 82) and those who were enrolled in the face-to-face learning option (n = 10) through the analysis of closed-item and open response data. Quantitative and qualitative inquiries were conducted. Based on evaluation results and recommendations, implemented programmatic responses were shared.
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