profmattdecarlo
@profmattdecarlo.bsky.social
Social work teacher & administrator, open educator, oaf, )'(, pirate. I also co-run opensocialwork.org. he/him
My personal page. Does not represent my employer.
My personal page. Does not represent my employer.
Pinned
Two new preprints out today (under review at Advances). #SocialWork + #OpenPedagogy = #ZeroInternshipPoverty
A Participatory Action Research study with #Payment4Placements
The first national study on the impact of unpaid placements on student wellbeing and basic needs.
A Participatory Action Research study with #Payment4Placements
The first national study on the impact of unpaid placements on student wellbeing and basic needs.
Ed Timmons on the impact of Illinois Social Work Exam Reform.
When the requirement was removed, the number of MSWs in Illinois increased by 50% with an increase of more than 2,600 licensed professionals. Two years after the treatment, the increase was nearly 100%.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
When the requirement was removed, the number of MSWs in Illinois increased by 50% with an increase of more than 2,600 licensed professionals. Two years after the treatment, the increase was nearly 100%.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Effect of Master’s Level Social Worker Licensing Reform in Illinois
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Shortages of healthcare professionals, particularly in mental health, remain an ongoing policy dilemma. Licensing requirements may be one potential factor contr
papers.ssrn.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ed Timmons on the impact of Illinois Social Work Exam Reform.
When the requirement was removed, the number of MSWs in Illinois increased by 50% with an increase of more than 2,600 licensed professionals. Two years after the treatment, the increase was nearly 100%.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
When the requirement was removed, the number of MSWs in Illinois increased by 50% with an increase of more than 2,600 licensed professionals. Two years after the treatment, the increase was nearly 100%.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Zotero should sell gift cards for their subscription plans.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Zotero should sell gift cards for their subscription plans.
Currently trying to pull together every access for evidence-based practice study that's in existence. Luckily, it's like 30 articles tops with % of full-text access. Lots of disciplines have at least one, mostly from developing countries. Not a lot of unifying work yet!
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Currently trying to pull together every access for evidence-based practice study that's in existence. Luckily, it's like 30 articles tops with % of full-text access. Lots of disciplines have at least one, mostly from developing countries. Not a lot of unifying work yet!
AI music has algo-rhythm....
I'll see myself out.
I'll see myself out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
AI music has algo-rhythm....
I'll see myself out.
I'll see myself out.
The amount of misinformation about the student loan changes has been truly annoying. I just saw a bad example from an advocacy organization, but even professional organizations have prioritized buzzwords over providing the new loan limits & comparing with better policies to control tuition inflation
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The amount of misinformation about the student loan changes has been truly annoying. I just saw a bad example from an advocacy organization, but even professional organizations have prioritized buzzwords over providing the new loan limits & comparing with better policies to control tuition inflation
VERY excited for this chapter. Need to edit it down by about 10-20 mins., QA, and properly attribute source texts, but it's been a white whale of mine for YEARS.
This is how to skim an empirical journal article for generalizability and transferability.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
This is how to skim an empirical journal article for generalizability and transferability.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
Reading empirical studies – Scientific Inquiry in Social Work (2nd Edition)
This book is under construction and currently in beta testing. It will be ready to adopt in Summer 2026. Welcome Saint Joseph's University MSW students!-Matt
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
VERY excited for this chapter. Need to edit it down by about 10-20 mins., QA, and properly attribute source texts, but it's been a white whale of mine for YEARS.
This is how to skim an empirical journal article for generalizability and transferability.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
This is how to skim an empirical journal article for generalizability and transferability.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
Technolibertarianprimitivism is a hell of a feeling in my chest.
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Technolibertarianprimitivism is a hell of a feeling in my chest.
Looks down... 41 minute read time...oh, I was shooting for 1/3 of that.
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Looks down... 41 minute read time...oh, I was shooting for 1/3 of that.
I FINALLY found the study on openAI use dips after the end of the school year. "In May, ChatGPT users generated an average of 79.6 billion tokens per day — compared to 36.7 billion for the same period in June, when schools typically let out."
futurism.com/openai-use-c...
futurism.com/openai-use-c...
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I FINALLY found the study on openAI use dips after the end of the school year. "In May, ChatGPT users generated an average of 79.6 billion tokens per day — compared to 36.7 billion for the same period in June, when schools typically let out."
futurism.com/openai-use-c...
futurism.com/openai-use-c...
I am thinking of assigning this to learn search engine literacy
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I am thinking of assigning this to learn search engine literacy
Let's fucking go
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Let's fucking go
I feel the exact same way about Mueller she wrote. Messed up the social work feed's automatic automatic scraping of anything with MSW (master of social work)
Excited for it just to mean Magic the Gathering again. A return to basics
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I feel the exact same way about Mueller she wrote. Messed up the social work feed's automatic automatic scraping of anything with MSW (master of social work)
I know nothing about gaming. But I know evil when I see it. And a CEO who answers the question 'how do you think of the problem of predators on Roblox?' with 'We think of it not necessarily just as a problem, but an opportunity' is either the stupidest person in existence, or straightforwardly evil.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's really nice to have new things to say in Critical Information Literacy for Social Workers. I no longer feel like I'm rehashing things.
Still needs QA and stuff, but it's getting close to student-ready.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
Still needs QA and stuff, but it's getting close to student-ready.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
Critical information literacy – Scientific Inquiry in Social Work (2nd Edition)
This book is under construction and currently in beta testing. It will be ready to adopt in Summer 2026. Welcome Saint Joseph's University MSW students!-Matt
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's really nice to have new things to say in Critical Information Literacy for Social Workers. I no longer feel like I'm rehashing things.
Still needs QA and stuff, but it's getting close to student-ready.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
Still needs QA and stuff, but it's getting close to student-ready.
pressbooks.library.vcu.edu/bswresearch/...
I once got an email from a very nice Australian student addressed to Ass Pro DeCarlo and I laughed so hard I forgot to respond for weeks
also, never abbreviate "assistant professor' as "ass prof"
Science PSA: Never abbreviate “analysis” as “anal”. Ever.
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I once got an email from a very nice Australian student addressed to Ass Pro DeCarlo and I laughed so hard I forgot to respond for weeks
Hell yes. AAUP ftw
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hell yes. AAUP ftw
I'm getting that eye twitch thing coming back...
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I'm getting that eye twitch thing coming back...
CULTURAL STUDIES?! CULTURAL STUDIES? I'm reading that correctly as cultural studies? Got it.
“Most recently” out here laboring away like it’s saving up for Christmas.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
CULTURAL STUDIES?! CULTURAL STUDIES? I'm reading that correctly as cultural studies? Got it.
I'd get a lot more joy working on my open textbook knowing it would count in any way towards my promotion and tenure. On the other hand, I do get a lot of relief in fixing it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I'd get a lot more joy working on my open textbook knowing it would count in any way towards my promotion and tenure. On the other hand, I do get a lot of relief in fixing it.
This might break me
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This might break me
I need good openly licensed content on skimming the results section of a journal article using multiple regression. How might a novice move to the most important bits of information.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I need good openly licensed content on skimming the results section of a journal article using multiple regression. How might a novice move to the most important bits of information.
Does anybody have any good resources for bystander intervention for 7 to 8-year-olds?
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Does anybody have any good resources for bystander intervention for 7 to 8-year-olds?
"There is a possibility that Sci-Hub users—especially those not using privacy-enhancing services such as Tor—could have their usage history unmasked and face consequences, both legal or reputational in nature.” (Himmelstein et al., 2018).
Just an FYI, DO NOT USE TOR SO FROM CAMPUS WIFI.
Just an FYI, DO NOT USE TOR SO FROM CAMPUS WIFI.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"There is a possibility that Sci-Hub users—especially those not using privacy-enhancing services such as Tor—could have their usage history unmasked and face consequences, both legal or reputational in nature.” (Himmelstein et al., 2018).
Just an FYI, DO NOT USE TOR SO FROM CAMPUS WIFI.
Just an FYI, DO NOT USE TOR SO FROM CAMPUS WIFI.
How many on this website I ask thee
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
How many on this website I ask thee