Cross, K. Patricia

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CROSS, K. Patricia

CROSS, K. Patricia. American, b. 1926. Genres: Education. Career: University of Illinois, Urbana, Assistant Dean of Women, 1953-59; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Dean of Students, 1959-63; Educational Testing Service, Director, College and University Progs., 1963-66, Sr. Research Psychologist, 1963-80; University of California, Berkeley, Research Educator, Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, 1967-77, Elizabeth and Edward Conner Professor of Higher Education, 1988-98, Professor of Higher Education Emerita, 1998-; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Professor of Education and Dept. Chair, 1980-88. Publications: The Junior College Student: A Research Description, 1968; Beyond the Open Door: New Students to Higher Education, 1971; Explorations in Nontraditional Study, 1972; (with S. Gould) New Students and New Needs in Higher Education, 1972; Integration of Earning and Learning: Cooperative Education and Nontraditional Study, 1973; Planning for Nontraditional Programs: An Analysis of the Issues, 1974; (with J. Valley) Accent on Learning: Improving Instruction and Reshaping the Curriculum, 1976; The Missing Link, 1978; Adults as Learners, 1981; (with A.M. McCartan) Adult Learning: State Policies and Institutional Practices, 1984; (with T.A. Angelo) Classroom Assessment Techniques, 1988, 2nd ed., 1993; (with M. Steadman) Classroom Research: Implementing the Scholarship of Teaching, 1996. Address: 904 Oxford St, Berkeley, CA 94707, U.S.A. Online address: patcross@socrates.berkeley.edu

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