Martha Kanter Biography

President Barack Obama nominated Martha J. Kanter to be the Under Secretary of Education on April 29, 2009, and the Senate approved her on June 19, 2009. Kanter reports to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and is in charge of postsecondary education, adult and career-technical education, federal student aid, and the five White House Initiatives on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Educational Excellence for Hispanics, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Faith-Based Institutions. Kanter is charged with planning and policy responsibilities to implement President Obama's goal for the United States to have the best-educated, most competitive workforce in the world by 2020, as measured by the proportion of college graduates over the next decade, in order to spur education, economic growth, and social prosperity. To execute President Obama's American Graduation Initiative, Under Secretary Kanter and her staff are focused on boosting college access, affordability, quality, and completion.

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