The validity of the 2004 U.S. News & World Report's rankings of schools of social work

Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-146

  Green, Robert G ^a   Baskind, Frank R ^a   Fassler, Andreas ^b   Jordan, Anne ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Educational quality; Graduate education; School rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747607708     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/51.2.135     Document Type: Review

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