Smith College recently rebranded its social work program to no longer include the word “field.”
A department at the Massachusetts school was formerly titled the “Office of Field Education,” but is now referred to as the “Office of Practicum.”
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Carolyn McDaniel, a spokesperson for Smith College, told The College Fix the school specifically chose the word “practicum,” which means a course of study involving the supervised practical application of previously studied theory, to better reflect the experience of all faculty and students.
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