Abigail Adams University Has Done a Self Audit and Identified

question 5

Multiple Choice

Abigail Adams University has done a self audit and identified a conspicuous racial imbalance in that 85% of their department chairs and deans are White men.They voluntarily institute a plan that mandates that future selections of department chairs and deans will be on a 1 to 1 basis until an appropriate ratio is achieved.Mike Rogers,a white male professor,has applied for a position as a dean and is rejected.He subsequently discovers that a less qualified black female was promoted into the spot he sought.If Professor Rogers files a claim based on discrimination,he will

• A)lose because suits based on reverse discrimination are barred by Title VII.
• B)win because Executive Order 11246 requires that affirmative action plans be permanent rather than temporary
• C)win because one-for-one hiring,training or promotion programs are disfavored by the courts except to remedy long-standing resistant cases of under representation
• D)lose because temporary plans to remedy existing injustices are permitted based on United Steelworkers of America,AFL-CIO v.Weber.

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