The mission of the Puerto Rican/Latino Studies Project is to prepare social workers to competently serve the Latino/a community, and to advocate and promote change that safeguards and enhances the quality of life for Latino/a individuals, families and communities on local, regional, and national levels. Its main purpose is to continue advancing knowledge about the strengths, challenges, and needs of the Puerto Rican and other Latino groups.
Institution:
University of Connecticut
Academic Level:
Graduate
Issue Area:
Academic Program
Year:
2007
Designation:
Examples of Excelencia
Designation:
Finalist
Key Personnel:
Negroni-Rodriguez, Lirio
Address:
University of Connecticut
Address 2:
4th Floor, Student Union
City:
Storrs
State:
CT
Zip:
06269 Website:
Goal/Mission:
The current educational endeavors are to : provide a Puerto Rican Latino/a Studies curriculum that prepares masters level social work students to work competently with this diverse population, recruit Puerto Rican and Latino/a students to the UCONN School of Social Work, advise and mentor Puerto Rican and Latino/a students to successfully complete their MSW degree, provide an exchange program with the University of Puerto Rico, provide training to and collaboration with social service providers offering services to Puerto Rican and Latino client systems, advance knowledge and research findings on issues that affect Puerto Ricans and other Latino/a groups on local and national levels.
Outcome:
The school successfully graduates, on average, 23 Latino/a MSWs every year. This graduation rate exceeds the national average of all MSW programs. The Puerto Rican/ Latino Studies Project faculty offers a 9 credit Certificate awarded to students successfully completing the Puerto Rican/Latino substantive area of study, and a year internship (560 hours) working with a Latino population since 1982. Within the last five years, on average, 20 students graduated with this Certificate in the substantive area. However, the enrollment for the classes is approximately 40 students for the semester. The project’s recruitment efforts yields the School a pool of 15-20 Latino/a students for the academic year in the Masters level, and 8 Latino/a alumni have enrolled in the Ph.D. program.
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