LaWanda Toney has been named deputy chief of staff for Strategic Communications and Partnerships in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.
Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will name LaWanda Toney as deputy chief of staff for strategic communications, as the secretary s team looks to tackle college affordability with enrollment deadlines quickly approaching."The message is clear: We want to make college possible for folks like the secretary, who s a first-generation college student [and] wasn t sure if college was possible for him," Toney told ABC News in an exclusive interview.Pushing for adequate college and career training programs have been among Cardona s top priorities during his three years as education secretary. But the last several months have been mired by higher education woes, such as the Supreme Court s gutting of affirmative action last year and President Joe Biden s initial student debt relief plan introduced in 2022 (and struck down by SCOTUS last year).Most recently, there were widespread issues with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid,
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