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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.
The major tactic the forum uses is to______.
选项 A、battle the racial preferences in court
B、support colleges involved in lawsuits of racism
C、strive to settle this political debate nationwide
D、find legally viable ways to ensure minority admissions
答案D
解析 事实细节题。在第三段第一句提到论坛推行的策略。其中第一种是找到通过新的录取政策增加少数民族录取人数的有创意且合法的办法。D项与此句意思相符，为正确项。A项与论坛的宗旨相悖，因为论坛是要维护平等权利法案和少数民族利益。B项错在racism，第三段后半部分提到，论坛将援助那些由于尝试他们提出的策略而被起诉的大学。第二段首句只提到，一些公司总裁决定带头加入这场政治上很争议的辩论之中。因此，C项“解决争论”无从推知。
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