Multiple Choice Quiz

Wolf-Devine examines a presupposition of the current affirmative action debate according to which:

affirmative action policies are supposed to reduce the gap between rich and poor.

race and gender-blind hiring practices are ineffective.

affirmative action hires are less qualified than non-affirmative action hires.

the low percentage of women and minorities in academia relative to their proportion in society is problematic.

According to the first argument Wolf-Devine examines, women and racial minorities are not proportionately represented in academia because of:

the effects of poverty.

a lack of qualified applicants.

unjust discrimination.

all of the above.

Wolf-Devine claims that members of ethnic and racial minorities may find college teaching unattractive as a profession because of:

low pay and a lack of cultural prestige.

institutional racism.

a lack of faculty diversity.

all of the above.

According to Wolf-Devine, affirmative action does nothing to improve:

the diversity of college faculties.

economic polarization.

gender relations.

all of the above.

Wolf-Devine argues that in order to make college teaching a realistic consideration for a greater range of people:

affirmative action policies need to be rolled back.

race and gender-blind hiring procedures should be implemented.

direct assistance should be given to the poor.

all of the above.

According to Wolf-Devine, affirmative action is often defended not only as a way of combating unjust discrimination in academic hiring, but also as a way of:

improving race relations.

promoting diversity.

closing the gap between rich and poor.

all of the above.

Although intellectual diversity is generally a good thing for universities, Wolf-Devine also believes that:

too much intellectual diversity can have negative consequences.

the virtue of intellectual diversity must be weighed against the value of community.

intellectual diversity is not ensured by gender and racial diversity.

all of the above.

According to Wolf-Devine, to suppose that a person will have some particular set of beliefs because of his or her race or ethnicity is:

reasonable given that members of racial and ethnic groups face pressure to conform ideologically.

a form of stereotyping that is demeaning to the person in question.

unreasonable given that racial and ethnic groups do not form self-contained communities.

none of the above.

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