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<p>During the previous Trump administration, disinformation about immigrants became widespread, and policies and regulations were enacted that disenfranchised United States immigrant communities. This article presents the findings of a study that assessed social work students’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration.&#xa0;This research was undertaken during the 2018 and 2019 academic years across eight accredited social work programs to examine social work students’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. This one-group pretest/posttest study collected data from 417 unique students and utilized the scale developed by Park et al. (<CitationRef CitationID="CR36">2011</CitationRef>) regarding attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. The researchers integrated content—either throughout the course or as a separate module—related to immigrants and immigration within policy courses.&#xa0;After taking a semester-long policy class, the social work students scored significantly higher on the post-test for the full attitudes scale and the assimilation and perceived threat sub-scales with small effect sizes; no significant results were found for the policy and social service subscales.&#xa0;This study helped illuminate social work students’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. Social work academia needs to continue embedding policy content on immigrants and immigration to counter the negative and often untrue rhetoric being pushed through the media and our elected officials. The United States is a country of immigrants, and social work students must be prepared to work with an ever-diversifying populace.</p>

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Social Work Students’ Attitudes about Immigrants and Immigration: Implications for Social Work Educators

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    2025年10月18日

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  • Jason Ostrander,
  • Adelaide Sandler,
  • Susan Elswick,
  • Lynn Goerdt,
  • Elena Delavega,
  • Karl Johnson,
  • Michael Burford,
  • Laura Granruth,
  • Jennifer Frank

摘要

During the previous Trump administration, disinformation about immigrants became widespread, and policies and regulations were enacted that disenfranchised United States immigrant communities. This article presents the findings of a study that assessed social work students’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. This research was undertaken during the 2018 and 2019 academic years across eight accredited social work programs to examine social work students’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. This one-group pretest/posttest study collected data from 417 unique students and utilized the scale developed by Park et al. (2011) regarding attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. The researchers integrated content—either throughout the course or as a separate module—related to immigrants and immigration within policy courses. After taking a semester-long policy class, the social work students scored significantly higher on the post-test for the full attitudes scale and the assimilation and perceived threat sub-scales with small effect sizes; no significant results were found for the policy and social service subscales. This study helped illuminate social work students’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. Social work academia needs to continue embedding policy content on immigrants and immigration to counter the negative and often untrue rhetoric being pushed through the media and our elected officials. The United States is a country of immigrants, and social work students must be prepared to work with an ever-diversifying populace.