The federal official in charge of the nation’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio has resigned following weeks of pressure from progressives, clearing the way for the Biden administration to install a new person to oversee the management of student loans and regulation of colleges.
The Education Department announced on Friday that Mark A. Brown, the head of federal student aid, had stepped down. Brown was appointed to the role by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for a three-year term that had been set to end in March 2022.
“I accepted the resignation of Federal Student Aid Chief Operating Officer Gen. Mark Brown and thanked him for his service to the U.S. Department of Education,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement.
The student aid office oversees the federal government’s vast lending operations, disbursing Pell grants and loans to students and hiring the student loan servicing and debt collection companies that interact directly with the nation’s 45 million student loan borrowers. The unit also regulates colleges and universities that receive federal funding.
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