Moderator: Kim Clark, EWA

Panelists:

• Trace Urdan, managing director, Signal Hill
• Goldie Blumenstyk, reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Alex Clark, vice president, public affairs, Apollo Group Inc.

Moderator: Jeffrey Selingo, editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Panelists:

• Howard Bunsis, professor of accounting, Eastern Michigan University and member of the executive committee of the American Association of University Professors
• Mike Griffith, senior school finance analyst, Education Commission of the States
• Beheruz Sethna, president, University of West Georgia

Moderator: Eric Gorski, education writer, Associated Press

Panelists:

• Mike Hiestand, legal consultant, Student Press Law Center
• Steven J. McDonald, legal counsel, Rhode Island School of Design
• Jill Riepenhoff, report, The Columbus Dispatch

Moderator Mary Beth Marklein, a higher education reporter with USA Today, talks to James Kvaal, deputy undersecretary with the U.S. Department of Education, and Terry Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council on Education, about what educators can expect this year from the Obama administration and the 112th Congress.

From the EWA's Feb. 4-5 seminar for higher education reporters, a panel discussion about the treasure trove of stories to be found on community college campuses. The panel moderator is Liz Willen, associate editor of the Hechinger Report. Panelists include:

• Sung-Woo Cho, research associate, the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University
• Rita Giordano, reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Marisa Schultz, higher education reporter, The Detroit News