The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee higher education policy, a man with deep ties to the for-profit college industry, by a 50-to-45 vote on August 1.
Senate Majority John Thune filed cloture on Nicholas Kent’s nomination earlier in the week. And the education committee had already advanced Kent on a 12-11 vote without a hearing in late May.
The undersecretary at the Department of Education oversees billions in federal financial aid and is charged with ensuring America’s colleges provide a quality education.
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