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{{Short description|American political advisor}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = James Kvaal
|name = James Kvaal
| birth_name = James Richard Kvaal
|image = James Kvaal.jpg
|caption = 2021 official government portrait
| office = [[Under Secretary of Education]]
|office = [[Under Secretary of Education|United States Under Secretary of Education]]
| status = Nominee
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|president = [[Joe Biden]]
| term_start = TBA
|term_start = September 22, 2021
| succeeding = [[Martha Kanter]]
|term_end =
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| president = [[Joe Biden]]
|predecessor = Ted Mitchell
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| education = [[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|successor =
|birth_name = James Richard Kvaal
|birth_date =
|birth_place =
|death_date =
|death_place =
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|education = [[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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[[File:WI McCain's health care plan press conference at Capitol in Madison, October 1, 2008 (2912548847).jpg|thumb|Kvaal speaking at a [[Center for American Progress Action Fund]] press conference during the [[2008 United States presidential election]]]]
[[File:James Kvaal, Deputy Under Secretary of Education (1).jpg|thumb|2010 government portrait of Kvaal]]
[[File:P010915PS-0103 (20878372886) (1).jpg|thumb|Kvaal (left) aboard [[Air Force One]] in 2015 with Congressman [[Jimmy Duncan (politician)|Jimmy Duncan]] (center) and President [[Barack Obama]]]]
[[File:Walsh MOU - (52002662811) (Walsh and Kvaal).jpg|thumb|Kvaal (right) with Secretary of Labor [[Marty Walsh]] in 2022]]


'''James Richard Kvaal''' is an American attorney and political advisor who is the nominee to serve as [[Under Secretary of Education]] in the [[Biden admin]]istration. Kvaal previously served in [[United States Department of Education]] and [[White House Office]] during the [[Obama administration]].
'''James Richard Kvaal''' is an American attorney and education policy advisor who is the current [[Under Secretary of Education|under secretary of education]] in the [[Biden admin]]istration. Kvaal previously served in the [[United States Department of Education]] and [[White House Office]] during the [[Obama administration]].


== Education ==
== Education ==
Kvaal earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy from [[Stanford University]] and a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Harvard Law School]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Kvaal|url=https://ticas.org/staff/james-kvaal/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=The Institute for College Access & Success|language=en-US}}</ref>
Kvaal earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy from [[Stanford University]] in 1996<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2021/04/16/stanford-alum-james-kvaal-96-begins-senate-confirmation-hearing-for-education-undersecretary/|title = Stanford alum James Kvaal '96 begins Senate confirmation hearing for education undersecretary|date = 17 April 2021}}</ref> and a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Harvard Law School]] in 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Mangan|first=Katherine|date=August 28, 2013|title=James Kvaal, Key Player in Obama Proposals, Has Long Pushed for Reforms|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/james-kvaal-key-player-in-obama-proposals-has-long-pushed-for-reforms/|access-date=2021-09-06|website=www.chronicle.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.p2012.org/candidates/obamaorg.html |title=Key People-President Barack Obama |access-date=2021-09-14 |archive-date=2014-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116114519/http://www.p2012.org/candidates/obamaorg.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Before law school, Kvaal was a policy adviser in the administration of President Bill Clinton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.industryweek.com/finance/software-systems/article/21946863/viewpoint-why-is-it-important-to-lower-corporate-tax-rates|title=StackPath|date=25 January 2012 }}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kvaal gets higher education position in Education Department|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/02/22/kvaal-gets-higher-education-position-education-department|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.insidehighered.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=James Kvaal Announced as New Under Secretary of Education - Higher Education|url=https://diverseeducation.com/article/72695/|access-date=2021-02-23|language=en}}</ref> On February 17, 2021, Kvaal was announced as the nominee to serve as [[Under Secretary of Education]] in the [[Biden admin]]istration.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-22|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/22/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-3/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=The White House|language=en-US}}</ref>


=== Obama administration ===
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== References ==
During the first three years of the Obama administration, he was special assistant for economic policy and deputy undersecretary of education. After working for the [[Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign|Obama 2012 presidential campaign]], he served as deputy policy director of the [[United States Domestic Policy Council]] in 2016. Kvaal was responsible for developing a federal college ratings system, which ultimately became the [[College Scorecard]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Stratford|first=Michael|date=March 11, 2016|title=Obama adviser who shaped higher education policies is leaving White House|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/03/11/obama-adviser-who-shaped-higher-education-policies-leaving-white-house|access-date=2021-09-06|website=www.insidehighered.com|language=en}}</ref> Early in the administration, Kvaal worked to increase [[Pell Grant]]s and access to financial aid for college and job training.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mitchell|first=Josh|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1242971246|title=The debt trap : how student loans became a national catastrophe|date=2021|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=978-1-5011-9944-8|edition=1st Simon & Schuster hardcover|location=New York, NY|oclc=1242971246}}</ref> Kvaal also worked to provide financial relief for students at for-profit institutions.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Whitman|first=David deF|title=The profits of failure : for-profit colleges and the closing of the conservative mind|year=2021|publisher=Cypress House |isbn=9780998785431}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Field|first=Kelly|date=March 10, 2016|title=Key White House Education Official Steps Down|url=https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/key-education-dept-official-steps-down|access-date=2021-09-06|website=www.chronicle.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


During the Obama administration, Kvaal worked to establish a plan for free community college, announced in 2015.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-09|title=FACT SHEET - White House Unveils America's College Promise Proposal: Tuition-Free Community College for Responsible Students|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/09/fact-sheet-white-house-unveils-america-s-college-promise-proposal-tuitio|access-date=2021-09-06|website=whitehouse.gov|language=en}}</ref> Kvaal traveled the country to promote the plan and to encourage state and local governments to adopt their own versions.<ref name=":2" />
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=== TICAS ===
In 2017, he became president of [[the Institute for College Access and Success]], where he continued working to hold colleges accountable, make student debt manageable.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Douglas-Gabriel|first=Danielle|date=June 22, 2021|title=Warren holds up confirmation of a Biden pick at Education Department|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/22/elizabeth-warren-kvaal-confirmation-education/|access-date=2021-09-06|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kvaal gets higher education position in Education Department|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/02/22/kvaal-gets-higher-education-position-education-department|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.insidehighered.com|date=22 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=James Kvaal Announced as New Under Secretary of Education - Higher Education|date=19 February 2021|url=https://diverseeducation.com/article/72695/|access-date=2021-02-23|language=en}}</ref>

=== Undersecretary of Education ===
On February 17, 2021, Kvaal was announced as the nominee to serve as [[Under Secretary of Education|under secretary of education]] in the [[Biden admin]]istration.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-22|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/22/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-3/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=The White House|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hearing on under secretary nominee Kvaal focuses on debt and tuition|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/04/16/hearing-under-secretary-nominee-kvaal-focuses-debt-and-tuition|access-date=2021-08-14|website=www.insidehighered.com|date=16 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Kvaal received bipartisan support from the [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions]], but his confirmation vote on the senate floor was delayed due to an objection from Senator [[Elizabeth Warren]], which she eventually withdrew.{{citation needed | date=November 2022}}

The Senate invoked cloture on Kvaal's nomination on September 13, 2021 in a 55-37 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00359|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session}}</ref>

The Senate confirmed Kvaal's nomination on September 14, 2021 in a 58-37 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Democrat Stalls Confirmation of Top Biden Higher Education Pick|url=https://about.bgov.com/news/democrat-stalls-confirmation-of-top-biden-higher-education-pick/|access-date=2021-08-14|website=Bloomberg Government|date=21 June 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stratford|first=Michael|title=Warren drops opposition to Biden's higher education nominee|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/11/warren-higher-education-nominee-503791|access-date=2021-08-14|website=POLITICO|date=11 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00360|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 23:24, 28 June 2024

James Kvaal
2021 official government portrait
United States Under Secretary of Education
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 22, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byTed Mitchell
Personal details
Born
James Richard Kvaal
EducationStanford University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
Kvaal speaking at a Center for American Progress Action Fund press conference during the 2008 United States presidential election
2010 government portrait of Kvaal
Kvaal (left) aboard Air Force One in 2015 with Congressman Jimmy Duncan (center) and President Barack Obama
Kvaal (right) with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh in 2022

James Richard Kvaal is an American attorney and education policy advisor who is the current under secretary of education in the Biden administration. Kvaal previously served in the United States Department of Education and White House Office during the Obama administration.

Education

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Kvaal earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public policy from Stanford University in 1996[1] and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2007.[2][3]

Career

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Before law school, Kvaal was a policy adviser in the administration of President Bill Clinton.[4]

Obama administration

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During the first three years of the Obama administration, he was special assistant for economic policy and deputy undersecretary of education. After working for the Obama 2012 presidential campaign, he served as deputy policy director of the United States Domestic Policy Council in 2016. Kvaal was responsible for developing a federal college ratings system, which ultimately became the College Scorecard.[5] Early in the administration, Kvaal worked to increase Pell Grants and access to financial aid for college and job training.[6] Kvaal also worked to provide financial relief for students at for-profit institutions.[7][8][2][5]

During the Obama administration, Kvaal worked to establish a plan for free community college, announced in 2015.[8][9] Kvaal traveled the country to promote the plan and to encourage state and local governments to adopt their own versions.[8]

TICAS

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In 2017, he became president of the Institute for College Access and Success, where he continued working to hold colleges accountable, make student debt manageable.[10][11][12]

Undersecretary of Education

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On February 17, 2021, Kvaal was announced as the nominee to serve as under secretary of education in the Biden administration.[13] 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.[14] Kvaal received bipartisan support from the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, but his confirmation vote on the senate floor was delayed due to an objection from Senator Elizabeth Warren, which she eventually withdrew.[citation needed]

The Senate invoked cloture on Kvaal's nomination on September 13, 2021 in a 55-37 vote.[15]

The Senate confirmed Kvaal's nomination on September 14, 2021 in a 58-37 vote.[16][17][18]

References

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  1. ^ "Stanford alum James Kvaal '96 begins Senate confirmation hearing for education undersecretary". 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Mangan, Katherine (August 28, 2013). "James Kvaal, Key Player in Obama Proposals, Has Long Pushed for Reforms". www.chronicle.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  3. ^ "Key People-President Barack Obama". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  4. ^ "StackPath". 25 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b Stratford, Michael (March 11, 2016). "Obama adviser who shaped higher education policies is leaving White House". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  6. ^ Mitchell, Josh (2021). The debt trap : how student loans became a national catastrophe (1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-5011-9944-8. OCLC 1242971246.
  7. ^ Whitman, David deF (2021). The profits of failure : for-profit colleges and the closing of the conservative mind. Cypress House. ISBN 9780998785431.
  8. ^ a b c Field, Kelly (March 10, 2016). "Key White House Education Official Steps Down". www.chronicle.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  9. ^ "FACT SHEET - White House Unveils America's College Promise Proposal: Tuition-Free Community College for Responsible Students". whitehouse.gov. 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  10. ^ Douglas-Gabriel, Danielle (June 22, 2021). "Warren holds up confirmation of a Biden pick at Education Department". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  11. ^ "Kvaal gets higher education position in Education Department". www.insidehighered.com. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  12. ^ "James Kvaal Announced as New Under Secretary of Education - Higher Education". 19 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  13. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  14. ^ "Hearing on under secretary nominee Kvaal focuses on debt and tuition". www.insidehighered.com. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  15. ^ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session".
  16. ^ "Democrat Stalls Confirmation of Top Biden Higher Education Pick". Bloomberg Government. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  17. ^ Stratford, Michael (11 August 2021). "Warren drops opposition to Biden's higher education nominee". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  18. ^ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session".
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