WASHINGTON: Three major companies, citing the under-representation of minorities in science and technology fields, are urging the US Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action in university admissions in a closely watched case to be argued next month.
Technology services company IBM Corp, chemical manufacturer DuPont and chip maker Intel Corp signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief filed this week backing the University of Texas at Austin.
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