Miksch presents at ASHE
Karen Miksch, assistant professor in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, presented two papers at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Louisville, Kentucky (November 7 to 10, 2007). She presented her case-study research on how attorneys and expert witnesses can work together more effectively in equity and access cases in a symposium titled “Crossing the Bar: Higher Education Research in Legal Cases." The panel included Professors Walter Allen, Clif Conrad, Donald Heller, and Ed St. John who all spoke about their work as experts on desegregation and access cases.
Karen also presented a paper on the legal and ethical ramifications of the student loan scandal at a Presidential Invited Panel. The other panelists were Diana Auer Jones, U. S. Department of Education Undersecretary for Postsecondary Education, and Barmak Nassarain, Director of the American Association of Registrars and Admission Officers. Karen also conducted a roundtable session at the Public Policy Forum for graduate students and others interested in how to conduct legal research to inform higher education policy.