Quite honestly, I'm not too concerned about programs retaining APA accreditation. This is more political stunt and I think everyone (including/especially Desantis) is banking on responses that allow him to look good to his base without anything imploding. UF/FSU/USF/UCF/etc. no longer being able to produce licensable individuals in a number of fields (I'm assuming this impacts more than just psychology) is not going to achieve that. Not to mention that programs will almost certainly find ways around this while everyone looks the other way. At least when I was in grad school (which wasn't THAT long ago), APA standards actually did NOT explicitly require a DEI course they just required "That the material was covered in coursework". We did NOT have a required multicultural course, but every course was required to have a multicultural component embedded in it (e.g. psychopathology had a diversity model). I doubt anyone is going to look that closely and in fact I strongly suspect people are banking on folks NOT looking that closely once the posturing is done and they've made examples of a few "History of Racism in America" social sciences professors. Most psychology courses aren't likely to frame things in a way Desantis et al. are likely to bark at anyways.
None of the above should be taken to construe my support for any of this or that I think it isn't a big deal. It is. This is abhorrent and disgusting behavior. This is fascist and scary. I have a conference in FL late this year I'm reluctant to attend and partly hoping they will move as I <really> don't have the option of just "not attending" this particular conference (long story). Just laying out how I realistically think things will unfold if this does move forward. It is a guess. It could get much, much uglier than I'm imagining.
Semi-related note, but I'd love to see Disney call his bluff and offer to move the whole operation elsewhere. Orlando would likely become a trash heap inside 2 years, the airport would likely have to shut down and no one outside FL would even remember it existed in a decade or so. Not that I think this is likely to happen, but would be entertaining to watch unfold.
None of the above should be taken to construe my support for any of this or that I think it isn't a big deal. It is. This is abhorrent and disgusting behavior. This is fascist and scary. I have a conference in FL late this year I'm reluctant to attend and partly hoping they will move as I <really> don't have the option of just "not attending" this particular conference (long story). Just laying out how I realistically think things will unfold if this does move forward. It is a guess. It could get much, much uglier than I'm imagining.
Semi-related note, but I'd love to see Disney call his bluff and offer to move the whole operation elsewhere. Orlando would likely become a trash heap inside 2 years, the airport would likely have to shut down and no one outside FL would even remember it existed in a decade or so. Not that I think this is likely to happen, but would be entertaining to watch unfold.