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monday, September 15, 1975
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The vitality of K. Patricia Cross, new
NU assistant vice president for academic
affairs, may inspire many NU teachers and
education innovators.
"I find it very hard not to display my
enthusiasm for education and teaming,"
said Cross, lured to initiate new teaching
programs.
Last February, "Change" magazine
cited Cross as ons of the 44 leaders of
higher education, describing her as "a. lead
ing spokeswoman for shaping educational
programs for the non-traditional learner."
"My primary - interest is in national
trends as tliey apply to local situations,"
Cross said., " .
"She added that one reason for coming
to Nebraska after being a research psy
chologist at Berkeley, Calif, for nine years,
was that Nebraska represents a microcosm
uf national tendencies.
National trend
"One national trend" she said, "is
toward including larger segments of the
population as students."
According to. Cross, Nebraska accom
plishes this by emphasizing open admission,
and continuing education programs which
add to UNL's cross section of students.
The university is of interest, Cross said,
because NU has the traditional Lincoln
campuses, the fairly young urban institu
tion in UNO and a professional school in
the University of Nebraska Medical Center
(UNMC). She said, Nebraska is one of the
few states that has this, representation of
three major institutions. ; ;
Although Cross, said her professional
opportunities were numerous, another
reason Cross chose Nebraska is because of a
distinct commitment the university has
made in Toward Excellence IF the five
year program presented to the Legislature, -stating
university goals and plans. .
One goal Cross will be working with is
the expansion and improvement of teach
ing programs both on and off campus. She
said her primary concern in this area is to
get faculty and students to find how the
university can assist them in their program.
Cross said she supports "master learn
ing' a program which she terms an
"educational revolution in learning."
The master learning program suggests a
system in which students would achieve
equal levels of competency using radically ,
different amounts of time, rather than the
present system of instruction in
which students take the same amount of
time to finish school and are graduated
with different levels of competency. ,
She said psychology and physics depart
ments in many universities throughout the
country use this personalized system of
instruction. .
Cross, author or co-author of six books,
deals with the problem of low achieving
students in her latest book, Accent on
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K. Patricia Cross, NU assistant vice president for academic affairs.
Learning, which she said probably will be
published in January. 4
Cross, the immediate past president of
the American Association for Higher Edu-
cation, has a doctorate degree from the
University of Illinois and served hi several
senior positions at Cornell University. She
has been appointed by the NU Board of
Regents to serve as vice president for one
year with an annual salary of $37,500.
"I play some tennis," Cross said, "but in
all honesty, most of my time is devoted to
my work."
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