16 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards
Educational Policy 2.0: Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion (ADEI)
Social work programs integrate anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI) approaches across
the curriculum. Programs provide the context through which students learn about their positionality,
power, privilege, and dierence and develop a commitment to dismantling systems of oppression,
such as racism, that aect diverse populations. Programs recognize the pervasive impact of White
supremacy and privilege and prepare students to have the knowledge, awareness, and skills necessary
to engage in anti-racist practice. The dimensions of diversity, equity, and inclusion are understood
as the intersectionality of multiple factors including but not limited to age, caste, class, color,
culture, disability and ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, generational status,
immigration status, legal status, marital status, political ideology, race, nationality, religion/spirituality,
sex, sexual orientation, and tribal sovereign status. Faculty and administrators model anti-racist and
anti-oppressive practice and respect for diversity and dierence. Faculty and administrators also
foster an equitable and inclusive learning environment by facilitating important ADEI discourse. The
program’s commitment to ADEI is reflected in its explicit and implicit curriculum. Together the implicit
and explicit curricula are informed by the program context and learning environment. The program
recognizes the important role of the learning environment in the education of program participants,
especially with respect to the value and meaning of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the
development of cultural humility. The program has an inclusive approach to addressing the vast range
of student learning needs, including intentional planning and implementation of inclusive practices
and pedagogies in the explicit curriculum that reduce barriers while optimizing accessibility and equity
for students. Students are responsible for their learning, collaborating with peers and colleagues, and
practicing with historically and currently oppressed populations through an anti-racist lens.
Accreditation Standard 2.0: Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion (ADEI)
2.0.1 The program engages in specific and continuous eorts within the explicit curriculum
related to anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
a. The program provides examples of its specific and continuous eorts within the explicit
curriculum related to ADEI, as described in Educational Policy 2.0.
b. The program addresses all program options.
2.0.2 The program engages in specific and continuous eorts within the implicit curriculum
related to anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
a. The program provides examples of its specific and continuous eorts within the implicit
curriculum related to ADEI, as described in Educational Policy 2.0.
b. The program addresses all program options.
Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI)