Daniel Pipes

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March 18, 2022

The Great Inquiry into National Character

Daniel Pipes

At the tail end of humanity’s greatest wars, mid-twentieth-century psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and others set about discovering “national character,......

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August 23, 2021

The Wreckage of Endowed Chairs

Daniel Pipes

More and more history departments are staffed by named chairs, who through guaranteed income and other benefits leave their discipline in disarray by failing to attract students and allowing ever-grea......

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June 7, 2021

Anticipating Academia’s Decline Already in 1971

Daniel Pipes

Pipes nominates Nathan Marsh Pusey, president of Harvard 1953-71, as the person who first foresaw and explained the modern American university’s disastrous decline.

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October 26, 2021

Colby College Signals "Conservatives Need Not Apply"

Daniel Pipes

A routine job posting exhibits how one's personal political beliefs are becoming more important to academic administrators and hiring committees.

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