Perspectives on Equity and Justice in Social Work: The Carl A. Scott Memorial Lecture 1988-1992

Carl Anderson Scott joined the staff of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) in 1968 as a senior consultant on minority groups; he retired in 1985 as the associate executive director. Before coming to CSWE, he held practice and administrative positions in children and family service agencies, and was director of admissions and assistant professor at the New York University School of Social Work. He received a BA in psychology and a masters in social work from Howard University. Carl Scott was at the helm of CSWEs early efforts to foster human diversity in social work education. He secured funding from governmental and private sources to recruit students and faculty from minority groups to schools of social work. He guided five minority task forces in developing programs directed toward enhancing minority presence in curricula and other salient venues. Of special note are the two minority fellowship programs he designed in 1974 and 1979 respectively: one to prepare mental health researchers, the other to prepare clinicians. These programs have provided doctoral fellowships to more than 500 African American, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Latino/Hispanic Americans. Many of these fellowship recipients now serve as deans, directors, and faculty members in social work programs throughout the nation.Council on Social Work Education We are a nonprofit national association representing individual members and graduate and undergraduate programs of professional social work education. Founded in 1952, this partnership of educational and professional institutions, social welfare agencies, and private citizens is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the sole accrediting agency for social work education in this country. CSWE Press is a niche publisher that addresses the needs of social work educators. Some of our areas of publishing specialty are -The philosophy, theory, and practice of teaching -The process and evaluation of learning -The organization and structure of social work education -Diversity in all forms in social work practice and education -Social work in multiple contexts