The social work profession evolved from neighborly, volunteer-based efforts into a distinct profession. Throughout the evolvement of the profession, there has been a consistent focus on meeting the needs of the poor, oppressed, and impoverished individuals in a manner that demonstrates competency on behalf of the caregiver or practitioner. Present day social work termed the process of determining, assessing, and measuring the suitability of aspiring social workers as gatekeeping. This embedded mixed-methods and correlational research design study sought to compare MSW faculty perceptions of gatekeeping procedures and the experiences with gatekeeping practices in both traditional learning environments and hybrid/online environments. The researcher also sought to determine if there was a relationship between faculty perceptions of gatekeeping procedures and the practice of gatekeeping procedures with MSW faculty in both online and traditional programs. Findings concluded that there is not a significant difference between MSW faculty in traditional learning environments and MSW faculty in hybrid/online learning environments in terms of procedures and practices. In addition, findings concluded that there was a significant relationship between MSW faculty perceptions of gatekeeping procedures and the perception of gatekeeping practices in traditional learning environments. There was not a significant relationship between MSW faculty perceptions of gatekeeping procedures and the perception of gatekeeping practices in hybrid/online learning environments. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]