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Black students' experiences of racism and microaggressions in college are widespread and often met by a lack of university response. Social work programs are not immune, as experiences of racism within social work programs lead to poor mental health and academic outcomes for Black students. Of concern, increasing legislation across the United States has been enacted to restrict and weaken university diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. This legislation abrogates means to address racialized inequities within higher education and, therefore, social work education, leaving Black students vulnerable to mistreatment. In the current landscape of anti-Black violence and the disavowal of legislation meant to benefit the Black community, we recommend policies to reduce the hate perpetuated by current legislation and to transform social work programs from places of harm to places of safety and belonging for Black students.

Transformative approaches to social work have been popular for some time. Most discussions of this perspective, however, focus on actual practice with clients or service users, not educational contexts. In addition, there is often a lack of clarity about what "transformative" really means, both in theory and in practice.This book brings together a range of contributors to reconsider transformative social work, focusing on concrete examples in academic settings both inside and outside the classroom. They illustrate theories and practices of transformative social work in the academy in detail from different standpoints. Chapters by scholars at all career stages, students, staff, and managers consider all aspects of academic work—teaching and learning, research, and administration—as well as labor that academics perform outside the university. Authors describe their understanding of a transformative perspective as well as the practices that flow from this conception, providing rich detail on how a transformative approach can be implemented.This book stands out for the breadth of its focus, its international contributions, and its openness about the new challenges involved in doing transformative work today. It develops an expansive and systematic understanding of what "transformative" can mean across the entire academic and professional context of social work education