To: Governor John Bel Edwards
REPEAL SOCIAL WORK LICENSING LAW
STOP DEHUMANIZING WORLD RENOWNED SCHOLARS; UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS OF INTERNATIONAL FAME NEED NOT BE EXCLUDED FORM TEACHING OF SOCIAL WORK.
I am Dean Emeritus (social work). I have impeccable record of service at LSU (1976-2010). I am author of 17 books and over 300 papers, articles. Social Policy is my signature field. YET I AM NOT ALLOWED TO TEACH IT AS ADJUNCT DUE TO LACK OF A SOPHOMORIC STATE LICENSE.
I am Dean Emeritus (social work). I have impeccable record of service at LSU (1976-2010). I am author of 17 books and over 300 papers, articles. Social Policy is my signature field. YET I AM NOT ALLOWED TO TEACH IT AS ADJUNCT DUE TO LACK OF A SOPHOMORIC STATE LICENSE.
Why is this important?
It's archaic to require university professors to require a License to teach. Louisiana Social Work Education Board of License REQUIRES IT. Lately the Governor of TX. repealed this law saying that "teaching is no practice.' In LA this social work licensing board works like Spanish Inquisition to insult and punish academics and perpetuates a culture of mediocrity and xenophobic exclusion