Social Work Dean Betsy Farmer was adamant in her response. “Social work IS a professional degree. Saying that it, and many other professions, are not professional degrees is damaging in many ways. It undermines professional credibility in the eyes of the general public and in interprofessional teams — minimizing the expertise that social workers bring to their work and organizations. It restricts access to the profession — this reclassification is likely to limit access to the field for students who are strongly drawn to the work and who need financial support to make their dream of a professional social work degree a reality.” Read more in the University Times.