ABSTRACT

The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) has the primary purpose of promoting excellence in social work doctoral education and asserts that the purpose of PhD education is to prepare stewards of the discipline. Thus, “PhD-trained social work scholars improve the art and science of social work by generating, disseminating, and conserving the knowledge that informs and transforms professional practice” (GADE, 2013, pp. 1-2).