K. Patricia Cross

K. Patricia Cross is David Pierpont Gardner Professor of Higher Education, Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously she served as Dean of Students at Cornell, Distinguished Research Scientist at Educational Testing Service, Professor of Higher Education and Chair of the Department of Administration, Planning and Social Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has received the Howard Bowen Distinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education, the E.F. Lindquist Award from the American Educational Research Association, the Sydney Suslow Award from the Association for Institutional Research, and was elected president of the American Association of Higher Education. Her publications include Beyond the Open Door, Adults as Learners, Classroom Research, Classroom Assessment Techniques, and Collaborative Learning Techniques.