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A process evaluation of online and face-to-face options in a U.S.-based MSW program: examining differences in student perspectives and needs
Social work education, Vol.online ahead of print
10/31/2025
Web of Science ID: WOS:001605647300001
Abstract
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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- Title
- A process evaluation of online and face-to-face options in a U.S.-based MSW program
- Publication Details
- Social work education, Vol.online ahead of print
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 22
- Copyright
- © 2025 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- WOS:001605647300001; 99381535891006600
- Academic Unit
- Social Work; Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Language
- English