This study is about current practice regarding identification of student status in agencies where BSW and MSW students are placed for their field instruction experience. Agency administrators and field instructors responded to questions regarding student title designation during the practicum, the degree to which students are identified as students to clients and other community professionals, and their perceptions of current practice of identifying students and of what the practice ought to be. The impact of the disclosure of student status on clients and its implications for agencies, field instructors, and schools of social work are drawn from quantitative data and a qualitative analysis of data on the advantages and disadvantages of disclosure.