Everett Piper (born 1959) is a retired university administrator and conservative commentator. He is the author of ''Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth'' and a columnist for ''

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''. He served as President of

Oklahoma Wesleyan University Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OKWU) is a private university of the Wesleyan church in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. In 2018, the school had 1006 undergraduate students, with approximately 600 of those on its main campus in Bartlesville. History Okl ...

from August 2002 until his retirement in May of 2019.

Early life

Piper grew up in

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. He earned his B.A. from

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. M.A. from

Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized programs and research facilities in the ...

, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University.

Career

Piper was Vice President for Advancement at Grace College & Seminary in

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, then served as Dean of Students at

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. Before becoming President of Oklahoma Wesleyan, Piper was vice president for student development at

in Michigan. Piper blogs at politicalmavens.com and crosswalk.com. He is a contributing columnist for The Washington Times. Piper has appeared on

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, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', Fox's ''Varney and Co.'', ''The Glenn Beck Program'', The Dana Loesch Show, ''

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'' with

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, ''CBN News'', ''The Adam Carolla Show'' and he has been featured on ''NBC Today'' as well as NRA TV, CRTV and others. He is a frequent radio commentator, appearing on dozens of networks including Air America,

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, and KFAQ. Piper is the author of the viral op-ed, "This is Not a Daycare, It's a University"; ''The Wrong Side of the Door: Why Ideas Matter'' (2009), a collection of his essays, republished by Camden House Books under the title, ''Why I Am a "Liberal" and Other Conservative Ideas'';, ''Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth'', (2017), and ''Grow Up: Life isn't Safe, but it's Good'', (2021), the latter two published by

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. In March 2016, Dr. Piper received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Award for Academic Freedom at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

References

External links

Oklahoma Wesleyan University website
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