Rohit Chopra, whose principled and determined leadership helped make the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a strong force in addressing the abuses of predatory for-profit colleges, has joined the U.S. Department of Education as a senior adviser. Chopra is working directly for Under Secretary Ted Mitchell, focusing on protections for students, analysis of financial capacity and integrity of schools, education benefits for military service members, and openness of Department data, according to Department staff.

Chopra served at the CFPB as assistant director and more recently was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

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