Birth Date : March 17, 1926
Personal Data
Born in Normal, Illinois. Still a professor of higher education at UC Berkeley at age 85 and a member of the Graduate School of Education Advisory Board
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
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 Woment
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 (half-time, joint
appointment with ETS)
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- Professor of Higher Education, Emerita, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Awards and Honors
Pi Lambda Outstanding Books Award for The Junior College Student, 1968
Past President, American Association of Higher Education, 1974-75 ; Chair, Board of Directors, 1989-90.
E. F. Lindquist Award, American Educational Research Association, 1986
Named “Adult Educator of the Year”, Coalition of Adult Education Associations, 1987
Leadership Award, American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, 1990
Howard Bowen Award, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1992
Sidney Suslow Award, Association for Institutional Research, 1994
Elected to “Hall of Fame,” International Adult and Continuing Education, 1997
Leadership Award, Association for Continuing Higher Education, 2000
Trustee, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1998-2006
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)
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
Hall of Fame Induction Receiving Quilt of college regalias from
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education
Video/Audio
Presentations
Books
Interesting Facts
Direct Quote from K. Patricia Cross in response to my question about her decision to create the K Patricia Cross Future Leaders award:
"Actually, it was sort of a "protest" against what I felt was an over-empasis on research. I felt that research and publication was more than adequately rewarded and recognized whereas teaching had no public recognition. The criteria for the award are "leadership ability or potential for exercising leadership in teaching and learning, with a strong commitment to academic and civic responsibility; and leadership or potential leadership in the development of others as leaders, scholors, and citizens." This is its 15th year--originally established at AAHE--and it grows more popular and prestigious each year--over 200 applications this year with 10 final awards.
A thank you note from AAC&U this week states that "The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award presentations and the various sessions that include the recipients of the awards, continue to be highlights of the annual meeting." Presenting these outstanding future leaders to the profession is downright inspiring!"
Information on the K. Patricia Cross Awards can be found on the AACU website: http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/CrossAward.cfm
References
http://gse.berkeley.edu/admin/publications/connected/connected.pdf
http://www.halloffame.outreach.ou.edu/1996/cross.html
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/CrossAward.cfm
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