The Validity of the 2004 “U.S. News & World Report's” Rankings of Schools of Social Work.
The exceedingly influential U.S. News & World Report's rankings of the educational quality of graduate schools of social work are based on responses of a small group of deans and faculty members to a single item on a mailed survey. This study evaluated the validity of these “quick and dirty” commerc...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 135 - 146 |
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National Association of Social Workers
April 2006
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