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Atlanta University Center DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library 5-1-1944 Changing opportunities in social work for negroes as shown by a study of the placements of the graduates from the Atlanta University school of social work from June 1934 through June 1943 Jeanee Wymn Harvey Atlanta University Follow this and additional works at: hp://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations Part of the Social Work Commons is esis is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center. It has been accepted for inclusion in ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation Harvey, Jeanee Wymn, "Changing opportunities in social work for negroes as shown by a study of the placements of the graduates from the Atlanta University school of social work from June 1934 through June 1943" (1944). ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. Paper 246.

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Atlanta University CenterDigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, AtlantaUniversity Center

ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library

5-1-1944

Changing opportunities in social work for negroesas shown by a study of the placements of thegraduates from the Atlanta University school ofsocial work from June 1934 through June 1943Jeanette Wymn HarveyAtlanta University

Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations

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This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Robert W.Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center. For more information, please contact [email protected].

Recommended CitationHarvey, Jeanette Wymn, "Changing opportunities in social work for negroes as shown by a study of the placements of the graduatesfrom the Atlanta University school of social work from June 1934 through June 1943" (1944). ETD Collection for AUC Robert W.Woodruff Library. Paper 246.

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

ChapterPage

I.INTRODUCTION•...e•••••••••.••.S*~.•e••.••.~.~o•1Purpose•.•.e••••ss••••es•e•••*••s1Scope•.......e........••••••••~•~1Procedure..•.,•~••~•••••.......•••••2Hi~toricaJ.Background.............•.••....•.......2

II.PLACEMENTOFGRADUATESACCORDINGTOFIELDS...............4P1ace~nentofGraduatesinPublicandPrivateAgencies..•.~••~•••••••.•s.••••••..e••.••e’’12

III.THERESPONSIBILITIESANDREAUNERATIONOFGRADUATESONTHEIRFIRSTJOBS......’~’~14

IV.ORIGINANI)PLACEMENTOFGRADUATES•......................17PlacementsinRuralandUrbanAreas•................18

V•SUMMAR!ANDCONCLUSIONS..•..•..•••••••....•~•••••~•••*••*20

APPENDIX......s..•e•••.e~ee•se•e•••22A•LetterSenttoAlumnus~23B.Questionaire................................s024CMap1•...•aese•s•••••.*.....•••25D.Map2•.e...ees•e••e•,.••••26E.PlaceofOriginofGraduates..........27

BIBLIOGRAPU!~......30

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Purpose

purposeofthistItoanalyanpsiuthofiold

ofsocial*~rkoftoofAtlanta~IveroitySohoolofSocial

~1ø$4throughJune1943.et~z1ywillatoeh

thecinprofIoppertunitleforoveratenyear

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1.UnquestionnairestoUofthi~iOriod.

2.PerIinterviewatbovailingradueofthisperiod.

3.informationonfil,inschool.

4.Dieouesionewiththedirectoroftheschool.

Thedadrfromthesesourceswillbeensandforthis

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study.

Procedure

J~listofgraduaofthe~t1ntaUniuitySchoolofSoci

WorkfromJuni1934throbJune1943assecuredfromtheitrar,

toeaohgraduatewasentaletandquco’tionnaire.1Thedate

obt~inedLartotquestionnairesandfromtheofficefilesre

t~ba1ataidinterpreted.InaIdtbtheDirectorandwith

graduateswhoaemployedintiantaagenciestthetiofthe

theisitingprovidedeuppitaryinforination1

Hiebo1Background

M~lantaUniveritySohoolofSocialWorkhadaveryhi.

ginningItwasetabUehedinMienin1920throughtheeffortof

upofcivicpersonswhorecognitheurgentneedfortrained

Negrosoei~lkere.Theplanfortheorgani~etionoftheschool

perfectedanditopenedinSeptember,1920withfourteenstud.•The

schoolbaaengflyeversin,andbaatheath

largestenrollmentofanychooiofsocialIcinthecountry.

aschooltnolongerSIdOtorgationbutaffilia

tbtheAtian~Tniaitysystemin1939,aidn~offersthedegreesof

BachelorofSocialWorterofSocialWork.Itsfirstgradating

alcoain1921number~adoev•In1943fifty-tooatesweredod

d•Ofthe290gradteeintheIatyears,123have~ecoived

~See1kppendix.

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CHAPTERtI

P24OFGRADUATESACCORDINGTOPIELIS

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Ofthisnumberhundredtenty—sSzrreturned.Manyofthe

graduatesttioftStingofthisthesiswarservingWith

theAmericanRedCroasov*r~eandcouldnotbereached.intormation

fromthereturnedqueation~za~rea,thefilesSntheschool,reonal

interviewstbulatedforinvestigation.

seeninTableIinthenodtidied,Itwasfoundt77percent

thegraduatereomen,and28centwonmen.Thimaybe

due~otheatthatsod1workhabeenpopularlythoughtof~a

w~*u’sprofession.

0fthe290graduates4uningtheperiodconsidered,289enteFed

thefieldofeooialrk.-Theavailabilityofpoaiticnaatti~meof

ra~uutionmayhav,beenaLstar4*erminingthenumberofgraduateswho

ri~tLi16.Eighty-ninepercentofthegraduate

fieldofsocialrk,5.0percantenteredotherLiIde,3cent

“~irnozaployedandpercentsenteredarmedarvi•Table2

a2aowutheptoofgraduatetowtheyearsstudied.

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PROYESSIONSTRATTIlEGRM)UATESENTERED

NwnberofGraduatesbyPlacementYearTot1InSocialWorkInOtherFiideUnemIcInotal________________________________________________

1341~S14——•1•~—

19852222——

193616162—

19372121—-_

19S8242121—

193932301—I1940262221119412722—

19425].412—819~~534?14-

Themainfieldsofsocialworkinwhichgtaduateshaveenplaced

arecaswork,groi~work,oozmnunityorganizationandeociajresarch.

canbeseeninTable8,47prcentofthegraduatawarplacedin

caseworkagencies,36percentwereplacingroupworkagencies,27

percentwereplacedincommunityorganizationagencies,and.5percent

insocialresearchagencie

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DISTRIBUTIONOPGRADUATESACCORDINGTOSOCIALWORKJOBSANDMTSPICES

NumberofumberofCaseGroupCommunitySocialYeGraduatesPientaorkorkOrg;stionliesarch~ota12E917855-2421934151414——

19524221813—

19361816124——

193?2121184119382421129-—

1989~230113—

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Wherceacakalonea411ofthegraduateinl9~4,the

yarehaveshotmthedevelopmentofotherfieldsasaaofplacement.

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encies,ningroupworkdavoninoo~c~iu~ityorga~ii~ation

agencies.

~Sooialcaseworkqousiataoftheproa8whichde,elep

personalitythroughadjustments,consciouslyofted,benthe

individualmidhisocialvi~onment.’~TheLi14oaco~paeseafeniily

andchildcare,socialserviceinhoepital~andclinics.paychitrie

anititutionelcare,probationaerviceeofAmenRedCrone,

theTrabr‘~AidSociety,viaitiz~treandothprivateand

publicgroups.

AscnbeaeoniuTab1e,~44~toftgradtep1in

caseworkenemplbyDepartmentsofPublicWelfare.

irteenpercentenplo~edbyta~ailynoieailetother

perosntreeupboyadinethereasewo4kfieldea4y•Dun

theearlyareincludedinthestudywefindthatnestoftbwork

adonethtchildren’sagenciesenddepartmentsatpui~liowait

In1942~X&~spreadofagenciescoveredwiththepublic

welfare,children,lyandmedicalcaneworktheloadingsources

atp1nt.In1.934on~threecasewc~agenciesloyedgraduates

ascomparedththirtagenciesin1941.

Richmond,IThatiSoctalWork?~NewTonIc,1942),p.99.

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12

PlaeomentofGraduatesinPublicandPrivateAgencies

Pifty-eightpercentofthestudentsplacedintheperiodstudied

werefirstemployedbypublicagenviee•Theother42percantwere

placedinprivateagencies,Ofthoseemployedinthepublicfieldthe

greatestma3orltyfoundpositionsincityorcountywelfaredepartments

asseenin~able1,

Thepublicagencyisonewhichiscreatedbyorunderthespecific

authorityofthelaw,responsibleinallofitsopex~tionstothe

legallyconstitutedpublicauthoritiesandfinancedbytaxfundsor

by~a13lioadministrationundergovernmentsupervision?Theprivate

agencyisunderthecontrolofprivateleadership,isfinancedby

donationsfromindividualsorgroupsandisusuallygovernedbya

boardofdirectors

1J!epough.FedralGovernmentandPublic~(‘NewYork,1937),~76.,•

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CHAPTERIII

~J1ERESPONSIBILITIES~I)REMUNERATIONOFGRADUATESONTHEIRFIRSTJOBS

TheresponsibiliteSofgraduatesintheirfirstplacementsafter

graduationmaybedividedintothecategoriesofpractitioner,supervisor

andexecutive.

Inthevariousfieldsofsocialworkthepractitioneristheworker

whohasadirectrelationshipwiththepersonorpersonsserved,thatis,

theclient.Onehundredandninty—twoor73percentofthegraduates

studiedwerepractitioners.

Thesupervisor’smainresponsibilityisthatofsupervisingthe

workofthepractitioner.Thesupervisorreadsanddiscussescasesor

grouprecordswithprofessionalandvolunteerworkersandhelpsthe

practitionerinmeetingtheneedsofthepeopleservedandinhis

professionaldevelopmentonthejob.

Twelvepercentofthegraduatesintheperiodstudiedwerefirst

placedassupervisors•Ninty—sevenpercentofthesupervisorswere

placedingroupworkagencies.

Theexecutiveisthepersonwhodirectstheworkofthelocal

unitinaccordancewiththepoliciesdeterminedbytheboardof

directorsortrustees.Intheeyesofthecommunitytheexecutivealone

isresponsibleforallthatoccursintheagency.Continuedefficiency

onthepartoftheexecutivewillpromoteacorrespondingsuccesson

thepartoftheorganization.Consequentlythepositionofthe

executiveentailsthegreatestresponsibility.

Theexecutivepromotessatisfactoryrelationshipswiththe

communityandprovidesforthesmoothfunctioningoftheagencyasa

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CHAPTERIV

ORIGINAI~1DPLACEMENTOFGRADUATES

TheAtlantaUniversitySchoolofSocialWorkhasauniquejob

placementprogram.1Onthepremisethateverycityof5000ormore

where10percentofthepopulationisNegroneedsasocialworker,the

Schoolhassetupafileinitsofficesandcorrespondswithsocial

agenciesineachcityofthissize.Duringthespringoftheyear,

usuallyinApril,a“jobclinic”isheldwiththemembersofthesecond

yearclass.Inthisclinicthevacanciescreatedinthestaffsofthe

variousagenciesarediscussed,andthestudentsbestsuitedtothejobs

areputincontactwiththeagenciesconcerned.

AscanbeseenonMap1andtablesintheAppendix,moregraduates

havecomefromGeorgiathanfromanyotherofthethirty-fivestates

whicharetheplacesororiginofthegraduates.Georgiaisalso

highestinplacements,withMaryland,NorthCarolinaandNewYorktied

forsecondplace.Thirty—twopercentwereplacedfromfivehundredto

onethousandsmilesfromtheirplacesoforigin,while18percentfound

positionsonethousandsmilesandoverfromtheirplacesoforigin.

Thetwohundredandflintygraduatesofthisperiodattended67

differentcollegesbeforetakingprofessionaltraining.The10colleges

‘withthelargestnumberofgraduatesfromtheAtlantaUniversitySchool

ofSocialWorkcanbeseeninTable10.

1InterviewwiththeDirector,Mr.ForresterB.‘~ashington.

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~NDGONCLUSXONS

TM.~stu4~n8n~tOdiscoverthesgopportunitiesinsocial

workforNegroesassho~mbythefirstpiacofgraduatesthe

AtlanUniversi~SchoolofSoOialWorkfranJune1934through~me

943.ehool,beingtheorzl~roneinthecountrydevotedentirely

tothetsi~iingofgresocialra,gi~goodpistaof

improvomantinsuchopportunitie

dataforstudyrecollectedtroi~~ieoiool’saffi

records,questiroenttograduates,andinterviewawith

Directoroftheschoolandgraduatesofperiodstudiedwhorenow

employedbyagencieeinAtlanta,Th.datawereorganized,dom~

tabulated.

thedataolloctedthecn~nsionsare

1.thatmoatofthegraduatesoftheAtlantaUnv’ereitySchool

ofSocialWorkhavoenteredfieldofeoci4work.

2,Mostofthegraduatesgointowork,withgroupwork

second,oomnunit~yorganizationthirdandseeresearchlast.Por~.

sevenparcentofthegraduates’firstplacementsroincasework,

36percentingroupwork,27percentinm4i~rorganizationand

.5percentinsOCialresearch.

3.Seventy..tbreepercentofthegraduateswerefirstemployed

aspractitioners,Uperoentaszecutiveand12percentanrvisors.

4.flfty-eigWcpercentofthegteswerefirstemployed

bypebUcagenciesand~percantbypritoagencies.

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5. The salaries paid graduates in their first placements

~ve doubled in the ten year period studied.

6. More students have been placed in urban areas than in rural

areas.

7, The majority of the students are employed within a radius of

five hundfed miles of their homes,

8 • More students were in supervisory positions than executive

positions on period studied.

9. The greatest increase in the number of agencies accepting

graduates -as in the group work field.

10. The number of graduates increased from 14 in 1934 to 52 in

1943.

11. The Atlanta University School of Social Work has done a good

job in the placement of its students and in keeping in contact with each

graduate to 1~iow of the progress he hats been making. The school is

responsible for 96 per cent of the placements of graduates for the

period studied.

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letterBentto

ATLJINrAUNIVERSITYSCHOOLOFSOCIALWORK

247HenryStreet,S.W.

Atlanta,Georgia

March14,1944

DearAlumnus:

Ihopethisletterfindsyouenjoyingthebestofhealthandthesecurityofagoodpayingposition.Atmysuggestiononeofourstudentsiswritingathesison“TheChangingOpportunitiesforNegroesinSocialWorkasShownbyaStudyofthePlacementofGraduatesoftheAtlantaUniversitySchoolofSocialWork,June1934—1943.”

IthinkthatyouwillagreewithmethattherehasbeenmarkedimprovementinthestatusofNegroesinsocialworkduringthepasttenyearsalongseverallines,incluaingtypcofjobs,enteringsalariesandgeographicalplacement.

IbelievethataknowledgeoftheprogressthattheNegrohasmadeinsocialworkduringthepasttenyearswiilacceleratethepaceofhisprogressduringth~.nexttenyears.Althoughthisstudyisbeingmade,atfirst,asathesisbyoneofourstudentsIintendtohaveiteditedandis~ucdasapublicationoftheschoolandcirculatedamonginterestedpersonswhereitwilldothemostgood.Ofcourse,Iwillseethatyougetacopy-.

WeareaskingyoutofillouttheenclosedquestionnaireandreturnittoMissJeannetteHarvey,thestudent,whoismakingthestudy.Pleaseansvierallthequestions.Forinstance,youmaynotseethevalueofansweringthequestionregarding“enteringsalaries,”butitisaveryimportantiteminthestudy.Wewanttoshowsocialagenciesthroughoutthecountrythattherehasbeenaverygreatincreaseinsalariesduringthepasttenyearsandthusencouragethemtokeepupthistrend.Besuretonotethatwearenotinquiringaboutyourprese~position.Weareinquiringabout

hefirstpositioninwhichyouwereemployed.Thankyouinadvanceforyourcooperationandpromptness.

Sincerelyyours,

ForresterE.WashingtonPDirectorEnciosure

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Queatiozmire

Name

Dateof~adu~tion~

Firstpositioflaftergraduation

DidtheSchoolmaketheplacement?

N~met0~fagency

LocaUOflofagency_

Beginningsalary(yearly)

Wastheagencyprivateorpublic?

Presentposition

Presenthomeaddress___________

Pleasereturnimm~diat~lyto

Mi35JL.annetteRarv~yAtlant~.UnivursitySchoolofSocialYgork247HenryStreet,S.W.Atlanta,Georgia

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PLACESOF0GflTOPGRADUATES

TotalH~miberofGraduates290

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B. East South Central 40

Kentuoky 16Alabama 14Tennessee 8Mississippi Z

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