The legal pushback is underway. FAIR has filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). FAIR took this action to address concerns about mandatory ideological conformity in counselor education programs nationwide.
Submitted on May 13, 2025, the complaint targets troubling patterns within CACREP-accredited programs that evaluate students based on their personal values and beliefs. These programs often require students to affirm specific ideological positions regarding concepts like “whiteness” and “privilege,” with academic penalties for those who dissent. CACREP standards mandate that counseling programs evaluate a student’s “dispositions,” explicitly defined to include “values and beliefs.” This framework has enabled practices that pressure students to adopt specific ideological positions, marginalizing those with differing viewpoints, including those based on religious convictions.
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