Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1975
College/Unit
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program/Center
Social Work
Abstract
A conceptual model of graduate social work admissions highlighting the societal implications of admission decisions is set out in this paper. Admissions, it is argued, can be viewed as a resource allocation process in which the distribution of various resources – goods and services, status, authority and professional autonomy – is altered. The authoritative allocation of status within the status economy of the profession is set forth and defended as the key allocation dimension of admissions processes.
Digital Commons Citation
Lohmann, Roger A., "The Political Economy of Admissions" (1975). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2570.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2570
Source Citation
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education. Chicago, IL. March, 1975.