An employer's hiring policy requires that all of its employees have a college degree, even for jobs such as receptionist andfile clerk, which as recently as $2022$ were filled by employees who did not have a college education. lf the employer'spolicy would result in a significantly disproportionate exclusion of racial minorities, adopting the requirement:

Could not subject the employer to liability under Title Vll$,$ because discrimination on the basis of educational requirements isnot a prohibited form of discrimination

Could not subject the employer to liability under Title Vll$,$ because by hiring college graduates the employer is selecting themost qualified applicant for the job.

Could subject the employer to liability under Title Vl for disparate impact discrimination, unless the employer could show therequirement is job$-$related and consistent with business necessity.

Could not subject the employer to liability for disparate impact discrimination, because of the exception in Title Vil forprofessionally developed ability tests.