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Thernstrom is a [[neoconservative]] thinker.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} He was raised in a strong liberal tradition, as was his wife, Abigail. They argue that the left, not they, changed.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} They reject the policies of race preferences and argue that such policies mainly lead to higher dropout rates among [[African American]]s in colleges. |
Thernstrom is a [[neoconservative]] thinker.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} He was raised in a strong liberal tradition, as was his wife, Abigail. They argue that the left, not they, changed.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} They reject the policies of race preferences and argue that such policies mainly lead to higher dropout rates among [[African American]]s in colleges. |
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:: no citation ? how have i a so called leftist changed? i still oppose idiots like trump, accumulation of wealth thru control of power, |
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stupid wars like vietnam and iraq, waste of effort against taliban, and want cure for cancer, not regime change, which changes nothing in that are - no wonder there is no citation |
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Thernstrom married Abigail in 1958. They have two children, one of whom is [[Melanie Thernstrom]]. |
Thernstrom married Abigail in 1958. They have two children, one of whom is [[Melanie Thernstrom]]. |
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Stephan Thernstrom (born November 5, 1934) is the Winthrop Research Professor of History at Harvard University. and was the editor of the Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups.
Thernstrom was born and raised in Port Huron, Michigan. His father was the son of a Swedish-born immigrant laborer. His family later moved to Battle Creek, Michigan. Thernstrom received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Thernstom held faculty appointments at Harvard University, Brandeis University and the University of California, Los Angeles. He returned to Harvard with an appointment as full professor in 1973. From 1978-1979 Thernstrom was Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at the University of Cambridge.
He is the author of several books including Poverty and Progress: Social Mobility in the 19th Century. He also co-authored with his wife Abigail Thernstrom No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning. Their writings have been awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History, Waldo G. Leland Prize, R.R. Hawkins Award, 2004 Peter Shaw Memorial Award given by National Association of Scholars, and the Fordham Foundation Prize and 2997 Bradley Foundation prizes for Outstanding Intellectual Achievement.
Thernstrom is a neoconservative thinker.[citation needed] He was raised in a strong liberal tradition, as was his wife, Abigail. They argue that the left, not they, changed.[citation needed] They reject the policies of race preferences and argue that such policies mainly lead to higher dropout rates among African Americans in colleges.
- no citation ? how have i a so called leftist changed? i still oppose idiots like trump, accumulation of wealth thru control of power,
stupid wars like vietnam and iraq, waste of effort against taliban, and want cure for cancer, not regime change, which changes nothing in that are - no wonder there is no citation
Thernstrom married Abigail in 1958. They have two children, one of whom is Melanie Thernstrom.
Further reading
- Manhattan Institute bio of Thernstrom
- NNBD bio
- amazon.com listing for Thernstrom
- listing of New York Times articles that address the views of Thernstrom
- Thernstrom's Bradley Prize acceptance remarks
External links
- 1934 births
- Living people
- People from Port Huron, Michigan
- Northwestern University alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Brandeis University faculty
- University of California, Los Angeles faculty
- Academics of the University of Cambridge
- Harvard University faculty
- American people of Swedish descent
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research