Course Requirement or Loyalty Test?

By ROBIN WILSON

James Ryczek, an adjunct professor of social work, thought he was only setting the record straight last fall when he suggested that a student at Rhode Island College might consider leaving the college — and the field of social work altogether — if he disagreed with his professors.

"Social work is a value-based profession that clearly articulates a sociopolitical ideology about how the world works," Mr. Ryczek, who is director of field education for the social-work