Should Advanced Standing Programs be Abolished? No!

Abstract

Why would we want to abolish ad vanced standing? By any standard, it has proven successful. When my university first began its ad vanced standing program over a decade ago, I was far from enthusiastic. My re sponse was that of many educators at the time: How can a graduate of a one-year MSW program possibly be prepared for MSW-level practice? What about the so cialization issue, the maturity level re quired for professional practice? After having taught advanced standing students both as a group and in classes with traditional master's students in the

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