James Kvaal helped shape the administration’s sweeping higher education policies.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Obama adviser who shaped higher education policies is leaving White House

One of the architects of President Obama’s most significant higher education policies is resigning from the administration this week.

James Kvaal, a top White House adviser and former official at the U.S. Department of Education, is leaving to teach at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy. His last day, after nearly seven years, is Friday, the White House said.

Kvaal was a driving force behind some of Obama’s higher education policy achievements, such as overhauling the federal student loan system and expanding income-based repayment for student loans. He was also a key player in the administration’s regulatory battle with for-profit colleges, its attempt at rating colleges and Obama’s plan for free community college.