March 29, 2002

Senate Confirms Former Congressional Aide as Top Higher-Education Policy Maker

The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed Sally Stroup, a former Republican Congressional aide with expertise in financial aid for students, as the Education Department's assistant secretary for postsecondary education, the government's top policy maker on higher-education issues.

For the past several months, Ms. Stroup has worked as a consultant to the Education Department. Before that, she served as chief Washington lobbyist for the Apollo Group, which owns the University of

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