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 * **School and Status**


 * MU.WSU DRAFT HERE ** || Mission Statement (as found on Website and/or within MSW Handbook)

The Greater Miami Valley Social Work Collaborative by Miami and Wright State Universities (hereafter "the Collaborative"). . . ||
 * **Case Western Reserve (CASE)**

**Mandel** **SCHOOL** **of Applied Social Sciences** **(autonomous)** || The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences provides and __integrates__ professional social work education, research, and service to promote __social justice and empowerment in communities__ through social work practice __locally, nationally, and internationally__. Also: The Mandel School believes that advanced practitioners are strategists of change, able to mobilize all the resources of the environment on behalf of their clients. To this end, the Mandel School remains dedicated to understanding problems in order to solve problems, and firmly committed to developing leadership in advocacy, enhancing practice, and promoting community self-help. ||
 * **Cleveland** **State** **–U of Akron (CSU-UA)**

**UA: SCHOOL of Social Work** **College of Fine and Applied Arts**

**CSU: SCHOOL of Social Work** **College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences** || **U of Akron: Mission listed for BSW only (website)** The curriculum of the Joint MSW Program is designed to prepare students for __advanced level professional practice__ in Social Work. The program provides a rigorous intellectual base, an opportunity for effective skill development, and an educational perspective __that views human diversity as desirable__ and enriching to society. **CSU**: The mission of the Joint Master's Degree in Social Work program is to prepare students for specialized, advanced-level, self-critical, accountable, and autonomous practice with oppressed, at risk, and vulnerable populations. ||
 * **Ohio** **State** **(OSU)**

**COLLEGE** **of Social Work** **(autonomous)** || The Mission of the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University is to __educate students for the profession and discipline of social work__, to develop and disseminate knowledge through productive scholarship and teaching, and to utilize its scholarly resources in service to the profession, the university, and the wider community. To this end, the College provides learning opportunities for students, promotes a spirit of continued inquiry, and encourages both students and faculty to engage in sound research and scholarship. ||
 * **Ohio** **University** **(OU)**

**DEPARTMENT of Social Work** **College of Arts and Sciences** || **O**ur mission is to prepare social work students at the baccalaureate and master's level to become leaders in the profession of social work who have the knowledge and skills to improve the __quality of life__ of individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities throughout the region, nation and world. This is accomplished by providing a high- quality, comprehensive, __learner-centered__ educational experience focused on the responsibilities of citizenship. The department is committed to promoting the strengths of diversity through education, research and service, while maintaining a particular focus on the __rural Appalachian region__. Interdisciplinary collaboration and advocacy are emphasized to address social injustice toward economically disadvantaged and long- underserved groups. The creation of a __culture of research__ throughout the practice community that builds the capacity to evaluate and apply __evidence-based__ research to practice is central to this mission. Additionally, an ability to assess practice and policy effectiveness and disseminate new knowledge to guide policy and practice is a core value of the department. ||
 * **School and Status** || **Mission Statement** **(as found on Website and/or within MSW Handbook)** ||
 * **U of Cincinnati (U of C)**

**SCHOOL** **of Social Work** **(autonomous)** || Our mission is to educate students for __professional social work practice and leadership__ and to promote the development of knowledge and community service by faculty, students and graduates. __We strive to effectively address the problems of a diverse metropolitan region__. The CSWE Curriculum Policy Statement notes that the purpose of social work education is to __prepare competent and effective social work professionals__, to develop social work knowledge, and to provide leadership in the development of service delivery systems. The University of Cincinnati School of Social Work reflects this purpose in its curricula and its commitment to the pursuit of excellence in teaching. Both the BSW and MSW programs prepare students who will work to alleviate poverty, promote social justice, fight to eliminate oppression and discrimination, and prevent and resolve human problems. ||
 * **U of Toledo (UT)**

**Social Work PROGRAM** **College** **of Health** **and Human Service** || **Through particular attention to the __strengths and empowerment perspective__s and the __promotion of social and economic justice__ the social work program is committed to teaching and furthering the development of the knowledge, practice skills, art and science of social work to graduate students in order to prepare them to __hear, understand, include, and effectively respond to all voices with particular attention to those of the poor, the vulnerable and the oppressed__.** ||
 * **Youngstown** **State** **(YSU)**

**DEPARTMENT of Social Work** **Bitonte** **College** **of Health and Human Services** || The Department of Social Work at Youngstown State University has as its primary mission the educational preparation of students to assume a __variety of roles__ within the __human services__. ALSO: A critical purpose of the MSW program is to develop competent, ethical, and effective professionals who will be able to utilize advanced knowledge, skills and values to __promote social justice__ and __provide leadership__ in the __expansion of service delivery__ systems in a diverse society. ||