Welcome to The Bernard Center
The Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy is a research and educational institution—a think tank— whose mission is to change the terms of the nation’s most critical domestic and foreign policy debates and challenge the media to discuss those issues in order to improve the socioeconomic status of women, ethnic and religious minorities; expand the effective participation women, ethnic and religious minorities in the political and public policy arenas; and promote, advance and support individual rights, free markets, comprehensive education reform, personal responsibility, and smart government as the keys to achieving the American dream. Its scholars and analysts conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance these goals.