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The appeal process includes an opportunity for the student to provide additional information and to request a meeting with the program director accompanied by a support person or persons. Should the admission issues remain unresolved, a student may take their concerns to the academic dean for further attempts at resolution. An Further appeal could follow the conflict and grievance procedure outlined by the University in the EMU Undergraduate Student Handbook.
Readmission
Students who voluntarily withdraw from the program or are denied formal admission to the program, may apply for readmission under the same requirements and procedures utilized for initial applications. It is recommended that students in this circumstance delay re-application for at least one full semester or until the concerns impacting student or noted in denial of admission are resolved.
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- Failure to maintain an overall GPA of 2.5, or a 2.0 in all courses required in the social work major.
- Failure to demonstrate the capacity to master necessary generalist social work competences and practice skills, such as self-awareness, critical thinking, client empathy, non-judgmental attitudes, contributions to client self-determination, and good oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstration of consistently poor written and/or oral communication skills that impact on professional practice expectations.
- Evidence of academic dishonesty (i.e. cheating, plagiarism).
- Failure to demonstrate personal and professional conduct requisite for accepted professional standards of practice consistent with the NASW Code of Conduct.
- Inability to work with or relate to diverse population reflecting age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, political ideology, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation.
- Disregard for principles of confidentiality or client self-determination.
- Failure to demonstrate emotional stability requisite for professional practice
- Inability to deal with current life stressors through the use of appropriate coping mechanisms such as professional counseling.
- Derogatory oral and/or written statements about/toward others, including students, faculty, field instructors, and/or clients.
- Unwillingness to receive and accept feedback and supervision in a positive manner and/or failure to use such feedback to enhance professional development.
- Failure to respond in a timely manner to a plan of correction/resolution of the problem.
- Violations of expected professional conduct (ranging from poor attendance and follow-through on assigned tasks to inappropriate behavior towards clients) in field placements can be serious, as such conduct can lead to disruptions of placement and result in inability to finish a social work degree.
Termination procedures
The social work program may receive a report from an agency instructor, a classroom faculty, client, other student or faculty field coordinator/liaison, and/or a client or field instructor that a student has exhibited behaviors not consistent with required professional or ethical standards of practice. Such report will be reviewed by the program director and field faculty coordinator/liaison with other program faculty as necessary. If it is determined that the student may have exhibited failure to demonstrate either competence or proficiency in this matter, s/he will be formally notified by the program director or faculty coordinator/liaison. The notice will specifically enumerate the behavior(s) in question, and will require the student to meet with the faculty coordinator/liaison and another social work faculty member. During that meeting, the student will be given the opportunity to discuss the situation and explain his/her actions.
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At the end of the corrective action period, the full social work faculty will discuss the violation and to evaluate the student's work during the corrective action period. The full faculty will determine whether to revoke the student's admission into the program, place her/him on additional corrective action, or reinstate the student to good-standing status. The student will be formally notified of the faculty decision. Should the student wish to appeal the faculty decision, s/he will be given the opportunity to provide additional information and to request a meeting with the department faculty social work program director accompanied by a support person or persons. Should the issues remain unresolved, the student may utilize the grievance procedure outlined in the University undergraduate student handbook. All termination decisions and action must be documented and copies maintained in the student's file.
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