Richard C. Richardson Jr.
New York University
1993-2003
Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology
New York University
New York, NY 10003-6674
(212) 998 5640
Email: richard.richardson@nyu.edu
Richard C. Richardson Jr. is professor of Higher Education at New York University and
professor
emeritus of
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University. His current work focuses
on the relationships
between government and higher education as these influence system performance in the U.S. and in
other nations.
Previous work focused on systemic change in state higher education systems, quality and
diversity issues in U.S. higher
education and South Africa, and on statewide coordination and accountability.
Before coming to Arizona State in 1977 as chair of the Department of Higher and Adult Education,
Richardson served for
ten years as the founding president of a Northhampton Community College in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. He also served as
dean of students and dean of instruction in the Junior College District of St. Louis, St. Louis
County, Missouri; and as a
faculty member and counselor in a private two-year college for women in Vermont. From 1954-57,
he served on active
duty as a commissioned officer in The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
Richardson is the author or co-author of six books, including: Designing State Higher
Education
Systems for a New
Century (1998) , Achieving Quality and Diversity: Universities in a Multicultural Society
(1991), Fostering Minority
Access and Achievement in Higher Education (1987), Literacy in the Open Access College (1983),
Governance for the
Two-Year College (1973) and The Two-Year College: A Social Synthesis (1965). He has
also written
well over a hundred
journal articles and monographs.
He received his B.S. from Castleton State, his M.A. from Michigan State, and the Ph.D. from
the
University of Texas at
Austin. In 1983, Richardson was named a Distinguished Graduate of the College of Education at
UT. He also holds an
honorary doctor of letters degree from Lafayette College.
Dick Richardson and his wife Pat have three sons, three daughters-in-law, three
granddaughters,
and five grandsons.
They spend their summers and whenever else they cam manage in Colorado hiking, riding, and
fishing.
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