Westside Elementary School received a number of applications for a teaching position. The school wanted to increase its staff diversity, who are mostly white females. The top two applicants were both white females, but a Hispanic female and an African-American male were almost ranked as highly with very little difference in their scores. The school decided to hire the Hispanic applicant. They were making their selection decision based on:

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Karson Swanson

2 August, 11:49

Westside Elementary School received a number of applications for a teaching position. The school wanted to increase its staff diversity, who are mostly white females. The top two applicants were both white females, but a Hispanic female and an African-American male were almost ranked as highly with very little difference in their scores. The school decided to hire the Hispanic applicant. They were making their selection decision based on:

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Esperanza Murray · Answer 1

Banding

Explanation:

Banding is a sociological term that indicates the formation of a group of people with many different cultural levels. It is a way of including cultural diversity in a group that used to be homogeneous in terms of culture. In the case of the choice made in the question, the decision to hire the African-American teacher was made based on the concept of Banding, since the school chose this teacher to bring more cultural diversity in the school environment.