The market has to be very cagey when designing tests. Somehow the courts have decided that intelligence tests are illegal (because they have a disparate impact against disadvantaged minorities), but college degree requirements (even for degrees unrelated to an employment offer) are legal (despite the fact that they basically combine an IQ test with a family-wealth test and so can have an even worse disparate impact).
Since the aptitude tests involved, and the high school diploma requirement, were broad-based and not directly related to the jobs performed, Duke Power’s employee transfer procedure was found by the Court to be in violation of the Act.
Sounds to me that a college degree requirement unrelated to employment would also be problematic.
The market has to be very cagey when designing tests. Somehow the courts have decided that intelligence tests are illegal (because they have a disparate impact against disadvantaged minorities), but college degree requirements (even for degrees unrelated to an employment offer) are legal (despite the fact that they basically combine an IQ test with a family-wealth test and so can have an even worse disparate impact).
The article says:
Sounds to me that a college degree requirement unrelated to employment would also be problematic.