Michael P. Riccards (born October 2, 1944 in Hillside, New Jersey) is an American political scientist, writer, and professor. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hillside is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Riccards has been the president of three American colleges and has written extensively on public policy, the American political process, and the history of the American presidency. Politics of the United States takes place in the framework of a presidential, Federal republic where the President of the United States (the Head of The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by His book The Ferocious Engine of Democracy garnered the praise of Bill Clinton. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States He currently serves as executive director of the Hall Institute for Public Policy in New Jersey.

Riccards grew up in New Jersey and received his bachelor's, master's, and Ph. D. in political science from Rutgers University in political science; he finished his formal studies in 1970. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey Riccards was named a Fulbright Fellow to Japan in 1973 and a Henry Huntington Fellow in California in 1974. The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars educators graduate For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Henry Edwards Huntington ( February 27 1850 &ndash May 23 1927) was a railroad Magnate California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In 1975, he joined Princeton University as a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow in religion. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The National Endowment for the Humanities ( NEH) is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities His main interests were political socialization and political behavior; he used stage theory in his research to learn how children get their political and later religious values. Political socialization is a concept concerning the “study of the developmental processes by which children and adolescents acquire political cognition attitudes and behaviours” (Powell For closely related theories in sociology see Collective behavior. Stage theories are based on the idea that elements in systems move through a pattern of distinct stages over time and that these stages can be described based on their distinguishing

In 1976, he was named the dean of the merged college of Arts and Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The University of Massachusetts Boston is a major coeducational public research university located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As an administrator, he increased the numbers of minority students in the arts and sciences, and helped create a minority pre-med program. Five years later, he became provost and academic vice president at Hunter College of the City University of New York. Provost is the title of a senior Academic administrator at many institutions of Higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent Hunter College High School|Hunter College Elementary School Hunter College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York The City University of New York (CUNY Acronym ˈkjuːni is the public University system of New York City. Riccards worked to re-establish sabbaticals for faculty, which had been abolished systemwide during the 1970s. A sabbatical (from the Latin sabbaticus, from the Greek sabbatikos, from Hebrew shabbathon, i He revamped the school-deaconal structure, and created the college's first doctoral programs. He also taught political science for three years.

Riccards became president of St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1986. St John's College is a Liberal arts college with two US campuses Annapolis Maryland and Santa Fe New Mexico. Santa Fe ( Navajo: Yootó is the Capital of the state of New Mexico. New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. He worked to build a new library for the school, and served on the New Mexico Council for Humanities. In 1989, he left for the presidency of Shepherd College (now Shepherd University), a liberal arts college in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Accreditation The University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association phone 312/263-0456 The term liberal arts refers to a particular type of educational Curriculum broadly defined as a Classical education. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Riccards established a new science and technology building built with Federal funds, and planned the Senator Robert C. Byrd Center as part of a renovation of the library. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20 1917 is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. Riccards also served on the National Skill Standards Board. The National Skill Standards Board was a coalition of community business labor education and civil rights leaders

In 1995, Riccards became president of Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts, which had difficulties with low academic standards and low dormitory occupancy rates. This article is for the state college in Fitchburg Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. He raised academic standards in the school's much-criticized teacher education program and started a leadership program for students, including classes in leadership. Riccards convinced then-Governor William Weld to support construction of a new physical education building and committed it to community use. William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945, in Smithtown New York) was the Republican Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 He also backed a new science complex to help re-develop the city of Fitchburg. The college named its baseball field for Riccards in 2007. ^[1]

After leaving Fitchburg State in 2002, Riccards became the College Board’s Public Policy Scholar in Residence in Washington, D. C., and was the College Board's representative to both the National Governors Association and the National State Legislatures Association. The College Board is a Not-for-profit Examination board in the United States that was formed in 1900 Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The National Governors Association (NGA is a primarily taxpayer-funded lobbying Organization of the Governors of the fifty U He backed the creation of an Advanced Placement course to celebrate the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education; the course was put on the Board’s website. The Advanced Placement Program is a program that offers college level courses at High schools across the United States and Canada. Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, 347 US 483 (1954 was a Landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, which overturned earlier Riccards also visited the assistant superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools to advocate Board programs aimed at high school predation; prior to Riccards' visit, the College Board had little patience and no success with the school bureaucracy. District of Columbia Public Schools ( DCPS) is the traditional public school system of Washington D Riccards wrote a history of the College Board, and successfully lobbied Congress to increase its Advanced Placement subsidy to $25 million. Riccards' efforts with Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs to help veterans enroll in CLEP courses were also successful. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA) is a government-run military Veteran benefit system with Cabinet -level status The College Level Examination Program (or CLEP) is a series of examinations that test an individual’s college level knowledge gained through course work independent study

After three years at the College Board, Riccards moved back to his native New Jersey and became the first executive director of the Hall Institute of Public Policy in Trenton. Trenton is the Capital of the US state of New Jersey and the County seat of Mercer County.

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Books 1.2 Articles, papers, and opinions 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Bibliography

Books

• Riccards, Michael P. (2004). The Myth of American Mis-education. Global Publications, New York. ISBN 1592670393.
• Riccards, Michael P. (2003). The Ferocious Engine of Democracy, Updated: From Theodore Roosevelt through George W. Bush. Cooper Square Press, New York. ISBN 0815412576.
• Riccards, Michael P. (2002). The Papacy and the End of Christendom: The Leadership Crises in the Church from 1500 to 1850 (Binghamton, N. Y. : Global Publications, Binghamton, NY. ISBN 9780972491815.
• Riccards, Michael P. (2001). The Odes of DiMaggio: Sports, Myth, and Manhood in Contemporary America. Global Publications, Binghamton, NY. ISBN 9781401014063
• Riccards, Michael P. (1998). The Presidency and the Middle Kingdom: China, the United States and Executive Leadership. Lexington Books, Lanham, MD. ISBN 0739101293.
• Riccards, Michael P. (1998). Vicars of Christ: Faith, Leadership, and the Papacy in Modern Times. Crossroad Publishing Company, New York. ISBN 082451694X.
• Riccards, Michael P. (1987). A republic, if you can keep it: the foundation of the American presidency, 1700-1800. Greenwood Press, New York. ISBN 0313254621.
• Riccards, Michael P. (1973). The Making of the American Citizenry: An Introduction to Political Socialization. Chandler Publishing Company, San Francisco. ISBN 0810204711.
• Byron W. Daynes, Byron W. , Pederson, William D. , and Riccards, Michael P. (eds. ) (1998). The New Deal and public policy. St. Martin's Press, New York. ISBN 031217540X.

Articles, papers, and opinions

• Riccards, Michael (2006-12-04). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. The Myth of American mis-education (PDF). Hall Institute of Public Policy. Retrieved on 2007-10-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death
• Riccards, Michael (2007-09-20). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. A Report on Education - 2006 (PDF). Hall Institute of Public Policy. Retrieved on 2007-10-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death

See also

• Jean Piaget

References

External links

• Hall Institute of Public Policy
• Michael P. Riccards' blog at PoliticsNJ. com

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