Sara martinez tucker time magazine

Sara Martinez Tucker is the under secretary of education, the Department's top higher education official. She was nominated to her post by President George W.

Bush on Sept. 5, 2006, and confirmed by the Senate on Dec. 9, 2006.

Sara martinez tucker time magazine

As under secretary, she oversees all policies, programs and activities related to postsecondary education, vocational and adult education, and federal student aid. She also is leading efforts to carry out the recommendations from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' Commission on the Future of Higher Education, which called for expanding the accessibility, affordability, and accountability of postsecondary education for all Americans.

Prior to joining the Department, Tucker worked for nine years as the CEO and president of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), where she pursued an aggressive goal to double the rate of Hispanics earning college degrees by 2010.

In her time at the helm of HSF, Tucker