Affirmative action practices refer to policies that:
A) promote to higher grades students who have not completed the academic requirements needed to pass to the next grade level.
B) guarantee college admission to black and Hispanic applicants.
C) encourage minority recruitment on college campuses.
D) grant preferential treatment to the disadvantaged within a population.

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Affirmative action practices involve granting preferential treatment to individuals who have been historically disadvantaged or discriminated against based on race, gender, ethnicity, or other factors. This can include policies such as diversity quotas, targeted recruitment efforts, and hiring or admission preferences. While affirmative action policies may include efforts to recruit minorities on college campuses like option C, its primary goal is to provide advantages to disadvantaged individuals within a population. Option B is too narrow as affirmative action policies can apply to various groups, not just black and Hispanic applicants. Option A is unrelated to affirmative action practices.

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