Valerie Arendt

The following public comment was submitted by the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) to the U.S. Department of Education in response to its proposed revisions to the definition of “professional degrees.” The Department is considering changes to this definition that would affect eligibility for federal student loan programs for graduate education. Social work […]

SSWR Talking Points, Script and Call to Action: Protect Social Work as a Professional Degree Background: The Department of Education has updated its definition of “professional degrees,” a classification that determines federal student loan eligibility for graduate programs. Although social work has long been recognized as a professional degree, the proposed rule would exclude social