By the Numbers - Yearly Academic and Research Impact

BY THE NUMBERS

Yearly Academic & Research Impact

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BUILDING A FUTURE THAT ACHIEVES

JUSTICE, EQUITY & WELL-BEING

I AM DELIGHTED to share with you the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Strategic Priorities for the next few years. Identification of these priorities and this subsequent document would not have been possible without a tremendous amount of work by many people. I want to thank the School of Social Welfare Visioning Team, the Mission Revision Committee, the Curriculum Reimaging Committee, the faculty, staff, students, alumni, and our field, research, and community partners whose input and ideas helped shape and refine these strategic priorities. The discovery phase and mission revision work started in the fall of 2016, a year before I started as dean. During my interview visit to the University of Kansas, I learned about the new vision, mission and guiding principles and was both impressed by the collaborative work that had already begun, and the powerful language that the team had chosen to guide the School. In fact, this work was a deciding factor in my choosing to come to KU, as I thought it would be exciting to join and lead this committed group in putting action to the important words.

When I arrived in 2017, the School had completed the groundwork and was ready to act. What followed was a process to identify the top priorities for our School to guide action to achieve our School’s vision and mission of transforming lives and social contexts and promoting social, economic, and environmental justice in Kansas, the nation and the world. I spent my first year doing a lot of listening to faculty, staff, and students and traveling throughout Kansas to learn from our alumni and community partners how our School was viewed and what our stakeholders would like to see from us. I asked about the things we do well, the things we could do better, and the things we haven’t done, but should. After reviewing the initial discovery information and adding ideas generated from my conversations with internal and external stakeholders, six strategic priorities emerged.

The full report describing these six strategic priorities will be available online. These priorities enhance and improve the student, faculty, staff and community experience, provide the opportunity for advancing research, and dedicate resources to diversity, equity and inclusion. I value your thoughts as you read the report and welcome any input you may have.

STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2: Innovation & Quality in Education STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3: Faculty and Staff Engagement STRATEGIC PRIORITY 4: Research Advancement STRATEGIC PRIORITY 5: Community Engagement STRATEGIC PRIORITY 6: Effective communication

FIND THE FULL STRATEGIC PLAN AT SOCWEL.KU.EDU/2019STRATEGICPRIORITIES

ACADEMICS & FIELD by

PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION FOR 82 YEARS

23

total number of FACULTY

1:9.6

Student/faculty ratio MSW PROGRAM

1:11.4

Student/faculty ratio BSW PROGRAM

32

total number of FULL-TIME ACADEMIC & RESEARCH STAFF

RANKED IN TOP 12%

of public institution SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE PROGRAMS by U.S. News and World Report, making it the TOP RANKED program and LONGEST RUNNING program IN KANSAS

y the numbers ECONOMIC & SOCIAL IMPACT OF FIELD EDUCATION EACH YEAR

235,895

total student VOLUNTEER HOURS each year through the practicum placement

PRACTICUM/INTERNSHIP HOURS

46,771 BSW (senior year) 31,491 MSW (first year) 142,567

388 340

Advanced practice (clinical setting)

15,066 Advanced practice (admin setting)

affiliated FIELD AGENCIES

STUDENTS PLACED at agencies around KANSAS and the KANSAS CITY METRO AREA

2+13+3291111941710A 27+73+ 27%

73%

Court & Criminal Justice Services 3%

Medical & Public Health 11% Mental Health & Substance Abuse 19% Military & Veteran Services 4%

Disability Services 2%

Refugee, Immigration & Migrant Services 2

Emergency/Crisis Services 9% Hospice 3%

School Social Work 17%

Housing & Homeless Services 1%

Youth & Family Services 10%

Advocacy 2% Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption 13%

Sexual & Domestic Violence Services 4%

work with adults from 18 years of age and up 73% work with children from 0 to 17 years of age 27%

IN EXCESS OF $4.5M

is the monetary value of social service volunteer hours contributed to the STATE OF KANSAS (calculated at the beginning pay rate for the state of Kansas social workers) EACH YEAR

RESEARCH by the numbers

FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE & TRANSFORM LIVES

15

Number of PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATORS and CO-INVESTIGATORS

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS

24

children and family well-being, alcohol and substance abuse, social and economic justice

total number of AWARDS

26+14+60 26%

60%

14%

Federal 26% State of Kansas 14% Other (public, nonprofit & foundation) 60%

$4,472,410 total amount of FUNDING

70+10+20

$880,464 $425,198

Federal 70% State of Kansas 10% Other (public, nonprofit & foundation) 20%

$3,166,748

143

total number of PUBLICATIONS by faculty, staff and doctoral students in 2017 and 2018

137

total number of PRESENTATIONS by faculty, staff and doctoral students in 2017 and 2018

7

RESEARCH CLUSTERS designed to foster an integrated and inclusive environment

STRENGTHS

CHILD & FAMILY WELL-BEING

building on strengths and resources to reach goals and address challenges

promoting child and family well-being through prevention, intervention and systems change

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

HEALTH EQUITY

working towards social and economic justice across individuals and systems

supporting access, equity and quality in health service delivery and outcomes

MENTAL/BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

OLDER ADULTS

advancing mental, emotional and behavioral health across the lifespan

advancing quality of life and community integration for older adults

GLOBAL SOCIAL WORK collaborating globally to build and share knowledge and address injustices

12

Grand Challenges for Social Work initiated by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare as a groundbreaking initiative to CHAMPION SOCIAL PROGRESS powered by science.

It’s a call to action for all of us to work TOGETHER to tackle our NATION’S TOUGHEST SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

74%

of our FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS are working together to address the INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY WELL-BEING Grand Challenge in the focus areas of ensuring healthy development for all youth, closing the health gap, stopping family violence, advancing long and productive lives

39%

of our FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS are working together to address the STRONGER SOCIAL FABRIC Grand Challenge in the focus areas of eradicating social isolation, ending homelessness, creating social responses to a changing environment, harnessing technology for social good

58%

of our FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS are working together to address the JUST SOCIETY Grand Challenge in the focus areas of promoting smart decarceration, building financial capability for all, reducing extreme economic inequality, achieve equal opportunity and justice

STUDENTS & GRADUATES 476

total number of STUDENTS ENROLLED

BSW STUDENTS

134

32%

BSW Students

78+22 22%

78%

BSW Students of Color

Lawrence Campus 78% Edwards Campus 22%

78%

3+8+165167A

Asian 3% Black 8% Hispanic 16% Multiple 5% Not Specified 1% White 67%

of bachelor’s students GRADUATE in 4 YEARS

MSW STUDENTS

323

26%

MSW Students

61+29+10

MSW Students of Color

10%

29%

61%

Lawrence Campus 29% Edwards Campus 61% Western Kansas Partnershp Sites 10%

2+2+7114173A

American Indian 2% Asian 2% Black 7% Hispanic 11% Multiple 4% Not specified 1% White 73%

13%

of master’s students are enrolled PART-TIME

69%

of master’s students stated outside their field placement, the PROGRAM was mainly taught BLENDED (ONLINE AND IN-PERSON)

80%

of master’s students GRADUATE in an average of 2 YEARS

S by the numbers DOCTORAL STUDENTS

19

total number DOCTORAL STUDENTS

87%

of PhD students are enrolled FULL-TIME

4+4+1866A

16%

PhD Students of Color

American Indian 4% Asian 4% Black 4% International 18% Multiple 4% White 66%

100%

of PhD students receive FINANCIAL SUPPORT from the School

84%

of PhD students hold a GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT and/or a GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT position

94%

of PhD graduates obtained UNIVERSITY FACULTY or RESEARCH POSITIONS

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Nationally Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve, Indiana University, The Ohio State University, Portland State University, San Diego State University, SUNY, Virginia Commonwealth University, Yale University, University of Arkansas, University of Central Florida, University of Connecticut, University of Denver, University of Georgia, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky, University of Maryland, University of Missouri, University of North Carolina, University of Oklahoma, University of Pittsburgh, University of Rhode Island, University of Tennessee, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin

Internationally Canada, England, Germany, Korea

RECENT GRADUATES

100%

19+79+2C

$34,138

BSW average salary after graduation

2550+ 25+

of BSW graduates are employed or continuing their education after graduation

25%

$25,000 - $29,999

50%

$30,000 - $39,999

25%

$40,000 - $44,999

Employed Full-time 19% Continuing Education 79% Employed Other 2%

Employed Full-time 86% Continuing Education 4% Employed Other 1% Gap Year 1% Employed Part-time 2% Seeking Employment 6%

$41,609

MSW average salary after graduation

2+2041+ 25+ 14+ 8+

86+4+126C

national licensure pass rates each year

b+88+78 b+90+81 b+88+78

BACHELOR’S 88%

KU

93%

of MSW graduates are employed or continuing their education after graduation

GRADUATES EXCEED

2%

10%

41%

25% 14% 8%

$25,000 - $30,000

$30,001 - $35,000

$35,001 - $40,000

$40,001 - $45,000

$45,001 - $50,000

$50,000+

NATIONAL

MASTER’S 90%

KU

81%

NATIONAL

CLINICAL 88%

KU

50%

78%

78%

NATIONAL

of students report securing FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT after graduation at their FIELD PRACTICUM/INTERNSHIP SITE

ALUMNI

9,017

total number of ALUMNI worldwide

6,192

alumni live in KANSAS or MISSOURI

86%

of graduates from the Hays and Garden City partnership sites stayed and accepted full-time social work positions in WESTERN OR CENTRAL KANSAS after graduation

27

international ALUMNI living in 17 different countries Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, People’s Republic Of, Republic of Korea(s), Republic of Panama, Republic Of Singapore, South Africa Republic, Taiwan, Thailand, The Bahamas, United Kingdom

GIVING STATISTICS

112 ($1.12M) MSW students will each receive a $10,000 SCHOLARSHIP over four years through the HRSA Integrated Health Scholars Grant

$10,590

raised during One Day. One KU. for DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES, more than THREE TIMES the amount raised over last year’s One Day. One KU.

$395,583

267

ANNUAL GIFTS collected in FY19 equaling $107,984

in scholarship funds were AWARDED

38%

$913,000

of MSW STUDENTS received a scholarship

in expendable ENDOWMENT FUNDS

$22,490

average amount of yearly support per PHD STUDENT

Our Vision & Mission All individuals, families, & communities utilize their power to achieve justice, equity, & well-being.

The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, rooted in the Strengths Perspective, aims to transform lives and social contexts and promote social, economic, and environmental justice in Kansas, the nation and the world. We do so by educating students to practice with integrity and competence; advancing the science and knowledge base of social work through scholarship and research; and participating in community-engaged service.

Guiding Principles & Values Relationship Building: We engage in relationship building that fosters creativity, collaboration, and mutual learning. Relationship building is essential across practice, scholarship, education and service. We take a strengths approach as we serve our local, state, national, and global communities.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We embrace the inherent worth of all people.

By taking the position of cultural humility and applying the lens of intersectionality, we seek to develop and promote modes of anti-oppressive social work and dismantle structures of exclusion.

Practice with Integrity: We demonstrate our integrity and trustworthiness as scholars, educators, practitioners, and community members by promoting social work values, ethical practice, and the process of critical reflection.

Multisystem Competency: We recognize that social, economic, and environmental injustices are the root causes of inequities and multiple strategies are necessary to address these. Our work integrates micro/macro social work and builds collaboration across systems and disciplines to create multi-level change.

Critical Perspective: We engage in deliberate and continuing examination of social conditions and solutions. We use critical inquiry to analyze and challenge existing structures and systems in order to advance the field and promote social, economic, and environmental justice.

Empirically Informed Social Work: We rigorously advance empirical research that impacts the social work knowledge base. By translating and applying evidence, we continually transform practice and policy across multiple systems.

Goals To prepare B.S.W., M.S.W. and Ph.D. students to practice with integrity and attain multi-level competency while working to promote well-being and build community.

To conduct, disseminate, and translate theoretical and empirically informed scholarship and research that impacts the social work knowledge base and transforms practice and policy.

To promote social, economic, and environmental justice through service at local, state, national, and international levels.

A FOUNDATION OF STRENGTHS A VISION OF JUSTICE A MISSION OF CHANGE

through

Reinventing. Innovating.Transforming. Educating.

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