The history of affirmative action.
Affirmative action is a tool to monitor the consequences of employment practices.
Affirmative action analyses determine whether employment practices result in a diverse applicant pool. An Affirmative Action Plan is a careful, systematic analysis of who you ve got, who s out there, and how you are going to broaden opportunity. The plan creates opportunity. It s not a quota machine. The purpose of goals and timetables in Affirmative Action Plans is to get employers to cast a wider net to find qualified applicants.