The most controversial of affirmative action policies requires employers and educational institutions to make special efforts to hire and retain workers or to accept students from underrepresented groups. What are such policies known as?

A. diversity enhancement
B. quota system
C. the one-drop rule
D. preference policy


Answer: D

Sociology

You might also like to view...

Sykes and Matza argue that secondary deviance refers to deviance committed in secondary groups

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Economists have been able to successfully quantify the value of a stay-at-home mom

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

According to world systems analysis, a core nation is a nation that

A. along with its multinational corporations controls and exploits noncore nations. B. has a marginal economic status. C. is a poor, developing nation exploited by more powerful nations and corporations. D. None of these answers is correct.

Sociology

The between-group sum of squares and the within-group sum of squares compose the

A. aggregate group sum of squares. B. ratio sum of squares. C. total sum of squares. D. mean level of variance.

Sociology