“Over the past 20 years there’s been a sea change in the field: Social workers have lost ground in leadership roles.” This is how NYU Professor Linda Lausell Bryant, a former executive director of ...

At a time when New York City has declared a state of emergency amid an influx of thousands of migrants, social safety nets have been strained. Inflation has led to a spike in demand for social ...

Social workers play integral roles in promoting the social welfare, cohesion and development of their communities. Social work is a broad field that extends to every facet of community life, including ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Social work is a field of study and profession aimed at addressing problems in society—from educational inequality to health disparities to child and family welfare. Whether they practice directly ...

Social work is a wide-reaching field that provides an array of services to diverse populations. The field divides its spectrum of practice into three widely recognized, interrelated levels: micro, ...

Shakeitha Tatum grew up in the Titusville and Ensley neighborhoods in Birmingham, Alabama. Although she often saw the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s campus, her most vivid memory of the ...