Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

Social work is a field of study and profession aimed at addressing problems in society—from educational inequality to health disparities to child and family welfare. Whether they practice directly ...

Can you define what social work is? Even if you’re a social worker yourself, this is harder to do than it sounds. Describing what you do on a day to day basis is fairly straightforward, but defining ...

During orientation at the Columbia School of Social Work at Columbia University, the country’s oldest graduate program for aspiring social workers, students are given a glossary with “100+ common ...

Regulatory requirements are clear: social workers need to understand and use research in practice if they are to provide effective help – in short, to ensure their practice is evidence-based and ...