Key Official on Higher-Education Policy Resigns From U.S. Education Department

One of the top higher-education officials in the Bush administration, Jeffrey R. Andrade, has resigned, just a little more than a year after becoming the Education Department's deputy assistant secretary for postsecondary education.

Mr. Andrade said that he decided to leave after William D. Hansen, the department's deputy secretary, announced in June that he would step down. Mr. Andrade had served as a special adviser to Mr. Hansen before becoming deputy assistant

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