LCSW Examination Pass Rates: Implications for Social Work Education

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-300

  Thyer, Bruce A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LCSW examination; Pass rates; Social work education; Social work licensure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052264852     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-009-0253-x     Document Type: Article

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