Columbia needs a social worker to lead The School of Social Work

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone

Patricia M. Wallace, LMSW, M.S.S.W 66 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-5077 [email protected] MEMO TO: All that signed the petition in opposition to the appointment of a non-social worker to be the Dean of the Columbia University School of Social Work FROM: Pat Wallace RE: Next steps DATE: July 20, 2019 This follow-up communication will go to all of you that agree that this appointment should not be made. It is my intention to send a brief letter to the President of the University, the Chairperson of the Board, and the Executive Director and Board Chair of CSWE. I will enclose the list of signatures and a copy of the comments. Those things are unlikely to result in a reversal of this decision. The question is whether there is anything further that is worth doing. I have not done a force field analysis, which would be a good thing. There are the obvious leverage points. If there are people that want to talk about whether there is a winning strategy that could achieve the goal of stopping the appointment, I would be happy to work with you. I would only want to put energy into this if there was a plan that could achieve the goal. There would have to be a group that wanted to work on it for any such effort to be effective. The new Dean is scheduled to take the position effective September 1. A separate but related question is whether there should be an effort to persuade CSWE to adopt a tougher policy than they have right now to prevent such things for accredited schools (which would be in keeping, potentially, with their first strategic goal if you care to give that a look). Their position is that schools have the right to do this so long as they have someone with appropriate credentials directly overseeing the master’s program. If there are people that want to do work on this, please reply all. I will set up a conference call tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. (EDT) and send out an agenda. Thanks to everyone