In this capacity, he will help shape the foundation’s work on higher-education policy, particularly the nexus between postsecondary education and high school policy issues, and on student financial aid issues, including student loans.

Mr. Burd was previously a senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education, where he focused on federal higher-education policy and the inner workings of student loan and financial aid policy. Over a decade and a half, his career at the Chronicle was marked by numerous notable news scoops, and by his success at driving national coverage of student aid issues. Mr. Burd holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Swarthmore College.

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