Reality vs. Ethics: Challenging Implicit Bias in Counseling Education While Navigating the Revocation of Affirmative Action

Abstract

Today, it is increasingly challenging for many universities to achieve proportional representation of underrepresented groups, and the revocation of affirmative action limits racial justice and equal opportunity in higher education. In particular, counselor education training programs have concentrated on more thorough multicultural and social justice education; nonetheless, those programs typically concentrate more on explicit types of bias. This presentation will discuss existing inequities along with recommendations for improving multicultural competence