About Abigail Thernstrom
Dr. Abigail Thernstrom is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute in New York. She is also a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, a position to which she was appointed by Governor Weld in 1995. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University's Department of Government in 1975. She is the co-author (with her husband, Harvard historian Stephan Thernstrom) of America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible. Her 1987 book, Whose Votes Count? Affirmative Action and Minority Voting Rights won four prestigious awards, including a prize from the American Bar Association. Dr. Thernstrom serves on the boards of the Center for Equal Opportunity, the Institute for Justice, Mass Insight and the Education Leaders Council.
Introduction I opened my Grove City College Bulletin and the first thing I saw was a notice of a non-discriminatory policy. “Grove City College is a private educational institution. It does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, … Continue reading
