roystgnr comments on Separating university education from grading - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roystgnr 06 July 2014 04:06:41AM 3 points [-]

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).

Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 08 July 2014 08:44:07PM 0 points [-]

The article says:

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.