Birth Date : March 17, 1926
Personal Data
Born: in Normal, Illinois.
Education
1948 B.S. Mathematics, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
1951 M.A. Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
1958 Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Received 15 Honorary Degrees
Employment
1948-1949 Mathematics instructor, Harvard Community High School, Harvard, IL
1949-1953 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
1953-1959 Assistant Dean of Women
1959-1960 Dean of Women, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1960-1963 Dean of Students, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1964-1966 Director, College and University Programs, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
1966-1977 Research Educator, Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, University of California,
Berkeley, CA
1966-1980 Director, College and University Programs (1966-1969); Senior Research Psychologist (1969-1976);
Distinguished Research Scientist
(1976-1980); Educational Testing Service, Berkeley, CA,
1980-1988 Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Chair, Department of Administration, Planning, and Social Policy
1988-1995 Professor of Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA;
Elizabeth and Edward Conner Professor of Higher Education (1988-1993);
David Pierpont Gardner Professor of Higher Education (1993-95,);
Elected Chair of the Faculty of the Graduate School of Education (1990-93)
1995-now Professor of Higher Education, Emerita, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Awards and Honors
1968 Pi Lambda Outstanding Books Award for The Junior College Student
1974-1975 Past President, American Association of Higher Education
1989-1990 Chair, Board of Directors - American Association of Higher Education
1986 E. F. Lindquist Award, American Educational Research Association
1987 Named “Adult Educator of the Year”, Coalition of Adult Education Associations
1990 Leadership Award, American Association of Community and Junior Colleges
1992 Howard Bowen Award, Association for the Study of Higher Education
1994 Sidney Suslow Award, Association for Institutional Research
1997 Elected to “Hall of Fame,” International Adult and Continuing Education
2000 Leadership Award, Association for Continuing Higher Education
1998-2006 Trustee, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
1975 & 1998 One of the Most Influential Voices in America Higher Education
Membership-Professional Organizations
Member, Editorial Board, Junior College Student Personnel
Executive Board, National Association for Student Personnel Administrators
National Advisory Board, ERIC
Board of Governors & Vice President, Change, Inc
Advisory Council, Danforth Institute Col. Development
National Association of Women Deans and Counselors
American Association for Educational Research
Commission of Women in Higher Education
Publications
1971 Beyond the Open Door
1972 Explorations in Non-Traditional Study
1976 Accent on Learning
1978 The Missing Link: Connecting Adult Learners to Learning Resources
1981 Adults as Learners:
1982 Older Adults and Higher Education
1988 Adult Learning: State Policies and Institutional Practice (with A. M. McCartan)
1992 Classroom Assessment Techniques: A handbook for faculty (with T. A. Angelo)
1996 Classroom Research: Implementing the Scholarship of Teaching. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
1998 Opening Windows on Learning: Community Colleges
2005 Collaborative Learning Techniques: A handbook for college faculty
Professional Interest Areas
Research in higher education
Research in open access
Non-traditional learning
Changing nature of college students
Major Contributions to Adult Education
Author, teacher, researcher
Life-long learning
Non-traditional students
Additional Resources
Articles
Cross Article.pdf
Photo Gallery
Video/Audio
Presentations
Books
Interesting Facts
Founded in 2006, the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award recognizes graduate students who show "exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and others; and whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning".
More information on the 2014 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award can be found at http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/am14/CrossAward.cfm
References
Cross, K.P. (1981). Adults as Learners. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Graduate School of Education, Kathryn Patricia Cross. Retrieved from: http://gse.berkeley.edu/people/patricia-k-cross
International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame Inductions in 1996. (1996). Retrieved from: http://www.halloffame.outreach.ou.edu/1996/cross.html
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