ABSTRACT

To understand recent changes in the social work academic job market, we gathered information on both open social work tenure-track positions and doctoral candidates’ experiences on the academic job market to provide an approximation of the overall 2017–2018 academic market in social work. About two-thirds of both PhD and DSW candidates on the job market sought tenure track faculty positions. We found that, unlike in the past when there were fewer doctoral candidates on the market than positions available, there was an oversupply of doctoral graduates, with many PhD and DSW candidates who wanted tenure track faculty positions in 2017–2018 not obtaining one. In addition, about one-seventh of both PhD and DSW candidates had taken clinical or macro practice positions.

摘要

为了了解社会工作学术职位市场的最新变化，我们收集了有关社会工作职位公开职位的公开信息和博士候选人在学术工作市场上的经历的信息，以大致了解2017-2018年社会工作的整体学术市场。在就业市场上，博士和DSW候选人中约有三分之二都在终身教职。我们发现，与过去市场上博士候选人的数量少于可用职位的情况不同，博士毕业生的供过于求，许多希望在2017-2018年担任终身制教师职位的博士和DSW候选人都没有获得这一职位。此外，大约有七分之一的博士和DSW候选人都曾担任过临床或宏观实践职位。