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For more than two decades, U. S. courts have been limiting affirmative-action programs in universities and other areas. The lega

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问题     For more than two decades, U. S. courts have been limiting affirmative-action programs in universities and other areas. The legal rationale is that racial preferences are unconstitutional, even those intended to compensate for racism or intolerance. For many colleges, this means students can be admitted only on merit, not on their race or ethnicity. It has been a divisive issue across the U. S. , as educators blame the prolonged reaction to affirmative-action for declines in minority admissions. Meanwhile, activists continue to battle race preferences in courts from Michigan to North Carolina.
    Now, chief executives of about two dozen companies have decided to plunge headfirst into this politically unsettled debate. They, together with 36 universities and 7 non-profitable organizations, formed a forum that set forth an action plan essentially designed to help colleges circumvent court-imposed restrictions on affirmative action. The CEOs’ motive: "Our audience is growing more diverse, so the communities we serve benefit if our employees are racially and ethnically diverse as well" , says one CEO of a company that owns nine television stations.
    Among the steps the forum is pushing: finding creative yet legal ways to boost minority enrollment through new admissions policies; promoting admissions decisions that look at more than test scores; and encouraging universities to step up their minority outreach and financial aid. And to counter accusations by critics to challenge these tactics in court, the group says it will give legal assistance to colleges sued for trying them. " Diversity diminished by the court must be made up for in other legitimate, legal ways," says, a forum member.
    One of the more controversial methods advocated is the so-called 10% rule. The idea is for public universities—which educate three-quarters of all U. S. undergraduates—to admit students who are in the top 10% of their high school graduating class. Doing so allows colleges to take minorities who excel in average urban schools, even if they wouldn’t have made the cut under the current statewide ranking many universities use.
CEOs of big companies decided to help colleges enroll more minority students because they______.
选项 A、think it wrong to deprive the minorities of their rights to receive education
B、want to conserve the fine characteristics of American nation
C、want a workforce that reflects the diversity of their customers
D、think it their duty to help develop education of the country
答案B
解析 事实细节题。根据题干定位到第二段。该段最后一句通过引用一位电视公司总裁的话解释了原因：我们的观众越来越多元化，所以如果员工来自不同的种族和民族，那么我们服务的机构将会受益。由此可推知，C为正确答案。其他项文中均未提及。
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