Equity Case Studies Report - School of Social Work - University of ...
Equity Case Studies Report - School of Social Work - University of ...
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UBC school <strong>of</strong> social work equity and diversity strategic plan: A compilation <strong>of</strong> case studies 23<br />
university level, SWGA represents the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Social</strong> Welfare at the Graduate Assembly and<br />
works with the <strong>Social</strong> Welfare Alumni Association (<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley, <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Social</strong> Welfare, <strong>Social</strong> Welfare Graduate Assembly, n.d.). Within the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Social</strong><br />
Welfare, SWGA participates in the governance <strong>of</strong> the <strong>School</strong> by providing student input and<br />
student representation on academic and curriculum committees, policy issues and changes, and<br />
on issues pertaining to diversity and cultural competence (<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, Berkeley,<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Social</strong> Welfare, <strong>Social</strong> Welfare Graduate Assembly, n.d.). In addition to the studentrun<br />
Diversity Task Force, the <strong>School</strong> has a Queer Caucus, which provides support to queeridentified<br />
students at the <strong>School</strong> (UC Berkeley <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Social</strong> Welfare Queer Caucus, n.d.).<br />
Student Outreach, Admission, and Support<br />
The <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Social</strong> Welfare has recently put a great amount <strong>of</strong> focus within their<br />
<strong>Equity</strong>, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan to increase student access, with attempts to<br />
increase underrepresented minority and male applicants and enrolees to the MSW program. The<br />
<strong>School</strong> has implemented several strategies to recruit current MSW students to assist with<br />
prospective student outreach to improve student access and admission. These strategies have<br />
included increasing the number <strong>of</strong> contacts with prospective underrepresented minority and male<br />
applicants and enrolees; increasing participation in regional and national graduate student<br />
recruiting fairs with access to larger numbers <strong>of</strong> underrepresented minority students;<br />
implementing an outreach program to field placement agencies that encourage field instructors to<br />
identify talented bachelor level parapr<strong>of</strong>essionals to link to the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Social</strong> Welfare; and<br />
implementing an outreach program to community colleges (R. Teague, personal communication,<br />
September 22, 2011).