Toby Merrill, co-founder of LSC’s Project on Predatory Student Lending, has joined the Biden administration. She will serve as Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Education, where her portfolio will focus on higher education law and policy.
Read more about Merrill’s appointment here:
- Did The Biden Administration Just Send A Big Signal On Student Loan Cancellation? (Forbes, July 6)
- Biden’s Education Dept. just hired Elizabeth Warren’s student-loans expert, who studied predatory lending at Harvard (Business Insider, July 6)
- Professor who backed Warren’s debt cancellation plan appointed for Education Department role (Denver Gazette, July 7)