Social Workers Speak » protest http://www.socialworkersspeak.org NASW Communications Network - Social Workers speak out on television, movies and other media Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:07:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Students Fear Georgia Budget Cuts Could Hurt Social Work http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/cheers-and-jeers/students-fear-georgia-budget-cuts-could-hurt-social-work.html http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/cheers-and-jeers/students-fear-georgia-budget-cuts-could-hurt-social-work.html#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:10:02 +0000 GWright http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/?p=2332

Photo courtesy of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Jeers to the Georgia state government for considering $600 million in budget cuts that some students said could force public colleges and universities to cut social work and other course offerings.

About three dozen students held a protest at the state capitol on Wednesday to protest the cuts. About a third came from Dalton State College. Many of the Dalton State students study at the School of Social Work and are afraid budget cuts could force the school to close the program.

“If they cut the program, then everything I’ve done this far won’t matter,” Dalton State sophomore Benji Parker, 22, said. “Hopefully the credits transfer, but who knows?”

Students plan larger protests later this month. Read the full story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution by clicking here.

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