Two accrediting organizations–the American Bar Association (ABA) and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)–are triggering a much-needed debate about the significance of the concepts of “diversity” and “social justice.”

It’s about time that these groups’ biased and manipulative cooptation of these terms is exposed. This exposure should have a ripple effect, that is, lead to an understanding of how they are misused systematically throughout much of higher education.