| From policy to practice: Curriculum reform in South African education M Cross, R Mungadi, S Rouhani Comparative education 38 (2), 171-187, 2002 | 300 | 2002 |
| ICT policies and strategies in higher education in South Africa: National and institutional pathways M Cross, F Adam Higher Education Policy 20, 73-95, 2007 | 196 | 2007 |
| Institutionalising campus diversity in South African higher education: Review of diversity scholarship and diversity education M Cross Higher education 47 (4), 387-410, 2004 | 167 | 2004 |
| 'New students' in South African higher education: institutional culture, student performance and the challenge of democratisation M Cross, C Carpentier Perspectives in Education 27 (1), 6-18, 2009 | 118 | 2009 |
| The roots of segregated schooling in twentieth century South Africa M Cross, L Chisholm Pedagogy of domination: Toward a democratic education in South Africa, 43-74, 1990 | 91 | 1990 |
| Jonathan Jansen and the curriculum debate in South Africa: An essay review of Jansen’s writings between 1999 and 2009 M Maodzwa–Taruvinga, M Cross Curriculum Inquiry 42 (1), 126-152, 2012 | 75 | 2012 |
| Resistance and transformation: Education culture and reconstruction in South Africa M Cross (No Title), 1992 | 75 | 1992 |
| A historical review of education in South Africa: Towards an assessment M Cross Comparative Education 22 (3), 185-200, 1986 | 72 | 1986 |
| On becoming and remaining a teacher: Rethinking strategies for developing teacher professional identity in South Africa M Cross, E Ndofirepi Research Papers in Education 30 (1), 95-113, 2015 | 65 | 2015 |
| How undergraduate students' negotiate'academic performance within a diverse university environment M Cross, Y Shalem, J Backhouse, F Adam South African Journal of Higher Education 23 (1), 21-42, 2009 | 65 | 2009 |
| Imagery of identity in South African education, 1880-1990 M Cross (No Title), 1999 | 62 | 1999 |
| Emerging concept of internationalisation in South African higher education: Conversations on local and global exposure at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) M Cross, E Mhlanga, E Ojo Journal of studies in international education 15 (1), 75-92, 2011 | 61 | 2011 |
| The political economy of colonial education: Mozambique, 1930-1975 M Cross Comparative Education Review 31 (4), 550-569, 1987 | 57 | 1987 |
| Establishing a space of dialogue and possibilities: Student experience and meaning at the University of the Witwatersrand M Cross, B Johnson South African Journal of Higher Education 22 (2), 302-321, 2008 | 56 | 2008 |
| Leading and managing in complexity: The case of South African deans O Seale, M Cross Studies in Higher Education 41 (8), 1514-1532, 2016 | 51 | 2016 |
| The pedagogy of the marginalized: Understanding how historically disadvantaged students negotiate their epistemic access in a diverse university environment M Cross, V Atinde Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 37 (4), 308-325, 2015 | 50 | 2015 |
| Evaluating doctoral programmes in Africa: Context and practices M Cross, J Backhouse Higher Education Policy 27, 155-174, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
| Knowledge and change in African Universities: Volume 1–Current debates M Cross Springer, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
| Child’s voice, child’s right: Is Philosophy for Children in Africa the answer? A Ndofirepi, M Cross Interchange 46, 225-238, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| Race, diversity pedagogy: Mediated learning experience for transforming racist habitus and predispositions M Cross, D Naidoo Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 34 (5), 227-244, 2012 | 30 | 2012 |
