Quality, Not Quotas.

Ornstein, Allan C.

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ERIC Number: EJ131983

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Publication Date: 1976

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Quality, Not Quotas

Ornstein, Allan C.

Society, 13, 2, 10,14-17, Jan-Feb 76

Suggests that a refusal to test for competency because of so-called cultural biases is highly political and deprives one of any tool to determine who has appropriate skills. Criteria for excellence cannot be dropped for an extended periot of time without serious social and economic repercussions. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Credentials, Educational Specifications, Employment Qualifications, Ethnic Groups, Evaluation Criteria, Minority Groups, Performance Criteria, Sex Discrimination, Social Bias

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