The future of a social worker licensing exam

Feb. 13, 2025 – An exam required to be a licensed master social worker is disproportionately keeping ethnic minorities from entering this critical field, according to proponents of repealing the exam requirement. We examine the positives and negatives of the status quo with Luis Lopez, executive director of the Latino Social Work Coalition & Scholarship Fund, and Jacqueline Mondros, interim executive director of Social Workers for Justice.