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Garber, who is also the associate dean for affirmative action, was joined by Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, Winthrop Professor of History Stephen J. Thernstrom, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Alice Jardine, "Salient Editor Diane Reeder '93 and Perspective Managing Editor David J. Kennedy...
...Thernstrom, who was the third panelist to speak, devoted much of his time to critiquing ideas of campus "diversity" and attacking affirmative action policies...
...Thernstrom, a member of the conservative National Association of Scholars, was critical of policies that value diversity over merit as an admission standard. Thernstrom said if diversity were the highest goal, it would mean that fewer Asian and Jewish students would be admitted...
...scholar. He has never published any scholarly work and I think it's scandalous that he has tenure at a university," said Winthrop Professor of History Stephan A. Thernstrom...
Time and time again, the effort to assert these differences, particularly in institutions that precisely insist upon certain assumptions of universality, has been met by strong backlash and not a little anxiety. From Professor Thernstrom's railings to William Cole's reactionary tirades, the signs of conservative distress are apparent. That those who call for "reopening" debate so often seem to have controlled the debate all along is an irony not without consequence. It reminds us that the slogan "politically correct" has come to identify the correcting discipline of the politically powerful...