James Kvaal

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James Kvaal
Under Secretary of Education
Nominee
Assuming office
TBA
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingTed Mitchell
Personal details
Born
James Richard Kvaal
EducationStanford University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

James Richard Kvaal is an American attorney and political advisor who is the nominee to serve as Under Secretary of Education in the Biden administration. Kvaal previously served in United States Department of Education and White House Office during the Obama administration.

Education[]

Kvaal earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.[1]

Career[]

From 2009 to 2010, Kvaal was a special assistant to Barack Obama for economic policy. In 2010 and 2011, he was deputy undersecretary of education. In 2011 and 2012, he was the policy director for the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign. From 2013 to 2016, he was deputy policy director of the United States Domestic Policy Council. After the end of the Obama administration, Kvaal became a policymaker-in-residence at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and worked as an independent consultant. In 2017, he became president of The Institute for College Access and Success.[2][3]

On February 17, 2021, Kvaal was announced as the nominee to serve as Under Secretary of Education in the Biden administration.[4] At his confirmation hearing in April, 2021, senators raised a number of topics, including student debt, tuition, college football, and oversight of for-profit colleges.[5] Kvaal received strong bipartisan support from the Senate HELP Committee, but his nomination stalled on the senate floor due to an objection from Senator Elizabeth Warren.[6] After the U.S. Department of Education made changes in the servicing of student loans, Warren withdrew her objection and a confirmation vote was scheduled for September 13, 2021.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "James Kvaal". The Institute for College Access & Success. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  2. ^ "Kvaal gets higher education position in Education Department". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  3. ^ "James Kvaal Announced as New Under Secretary of Education - Higher Education". Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  5. ^ "Hearing on under secretary nominee Kvaal focuses on debt and tuition". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  6. ^ "Democrat Stalls Confirmation of Top Biden Higher Education Pick". Bloomberg Government. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  7. ^ Stratford, Michael. "Warren drops opposition to Biden's higher education nominee". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
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