These public universities say they follow accreditation standards.
Well, the accreditation body might have some issues with forcing their will on the universities they work with:
This is the accreditation body’s court values and land acknowledgment:
Core Values
•Behaviors consistent with anti-racism, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (ADEIB) in our actions.
•Stewardship of our profession, our organization, and our processes.
•Respect, access, and justice for all planetary life.
•Innovation, foresight, transformation, collaboration, and courage to advocate and lead.
•Educational excellence that is science-based, responsive, and forward-focused.
Land Acknowledgement
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) acknowledges that its office is located on ancestral lands of Indigenous Peoples throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and territories. This is true of the cities where CSWE events occur and the areas where council staff and volunteers reside.
Indigenous Peoples had and continue to have extended networks of relatives that include human and nonhuman life as well as the seen and the unseen across diverse geopolitical and ecological spaces. Sacred ties to the land and water distinguish Indigenous Peoples from all other people or cultures.
Despite the genocide, relocation, and removal of millions of Indigenous Peoples from those areas, ties to these networks and lands have persevered through centuries of oppression, colonization, appropriation, and other efforts to erase these cultures.
CSWE’s office is in Alexandria, Virginia, and we honor the 11 state-recognized ancestral tribes
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. Our organization is committed to achieving social justice and equity for Indigenous Peoples in ways that respect their ancient cultures and sovereign rights and that address a legacy of colonization and oppression. Social work education strives to prepare tomorrow’s practitioners to effect social change for all people.
With humility, we recognize and respect all Indigenous Peoples and their ties to the land.
The CSWE, the Indigenous and Tribal Social Work Educators Association, and the Commission on Diversity and Social & Economic Justice have collaborated on this Land Acknowledgment Statement to raise awareness of the global truth and reconciliation movement addressing historical and systemic issues of Indigenous Peoples.
BREAKING: Maram Chabaan, a Social Work Recruiter at the University of Kentucky, just confirmed what we’ve been exposing all over the country: even with DEI bans on the books, universities are still shoving it into the curriculum under the cover of “accreditation.”