Mike Saunders

Q: Total and Permanent Disability Student Loan Discharge Freedom Of Information Act Response from ED (1/29/20)

[pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20-00411-F-Full-Release-Letter2.pdf" title="20-00411-F Full Release Letter2"] [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20-00411-F1.pdf" title="ED FOIA Data re: TPD discharge program"]

Q: University to pay nearly $5 million to US government for role in veterans’ education scam

A private university in New Jersey has been ordered to pay the United States government almost $5 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the Department of Veterans Affairs by massively overcharging veterans for substandard online courses. Caldwell University and Pennsylvania company Ed4Mil charged the government up to 30 times the tuition rate they paid for low-quality online courses, the Justice Department said in a statement. “Caldwell University tried to hoodwink the Department of Veterans Affairs and, worse, veterans themselves, by claiming to offer online classes developed and provided by Caldwell that were in fact marked-up offerings by an online correspondence school,” U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said Friday. Over several years, they reaped over $24 million in fraudulently obtained tuition benefits through the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act. The scam cheated more than 2,500 service members out of the education they were entitled to, the FBI said. Read more about it here

Q: Letter to the Education Department Regarding Disabled Veterans Right to Loan Forgiveness

Letter from Veterans Education Success and other veterans and military organizations to the US Education Department requesting automatic loan forgiveness for disabled veterans. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/va-ed-matching-program-comment.pdf"]

Q: Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette: Global Concern: Kaplan Roll-Out Exposes Un-Purdue-Like Actions

On its face, Purdue University's acquisition of Kaplan University can be good for students. Purdue, part of the Big Ten and a major research university, has long-standing traditions of academic excellence. One would expect they would impose those high standards on Kaplan, a school with a long track record of poor academic quality and other problems that my organization, Veterans Education Success, has been monitoring for a while now.

The Trump Administration Is Going to Automatically Forgive the Student Loans of Severely Disabled Veterans – What Does that Mean?

Mike Saunders2020-01-16T20:27:50+00:00December 10th, 2019|Categories: Disabled Vets - More News & Info, Our Op-Eds and Blogs|

The Military Lending Act and You

Mike Saunders2019-10-10T20:12:34+00:00August 13th, 2019|Categories: DOD - Other Issues, Our Op-Eds and Blogs, School Accountability & Student Protections - more news & info|

Here are Some Surprising Ways Troops and Vets Can Cut Their Student Loan Debt

Mike Saunders2019-10-10T01:04:20+00:00February 19th, 2019|Categories: Our Op-Eds and Blogs, School Accountability & Student Protections - more news & info, Student Loan Debt|

Military Times Rebootcamp Blog: Here are Some Surprising Ways Troops and Vets Can Cut Their Student Loan Debt
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Military Times Rebootcamp Blog: Here are Some Surprising Ways Troops and Vets Can Cut Their Student Loan Debt

Mike Saunders2019-10-10T01:04:42+00:00February 19th, 2019|Categories: Our Op-Eds and Blogs, School Accountability & Student Protections - more news & info, Student Loan Debt|

Military Times Rebootcamp Blog: Could This Government Program Wipe Away All Your Student Loan Debt?
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Military Times Rebootcamp Blog: Could This Government Program Wipe Away All Your Student Loan Debt?

Mike Saunders2019-10-10T01:05:45+00:00December 12th, 2018|Categories: Our Op-Eds and Blogs, School Accountability & Student Protections - more news & info, Student Loan Debt|

Letter to the Education Department Regarding Disabled Veterans Right to Loan Forgiveness

Mike Saunders2020-01-16T20:30:08+00:00November 9th, 2018|Categories: Disabled Vets - Our Letters|

Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette: Global Concern: Kaplan Roll-Out Exposes Un-Purdue-Like Actions
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Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette: Global Concern: Kaplan Roll-Out Exposes Un-Purdue-Like Actions

Mike Saunders2019-10-10T00:47:50+00:00September 19th, 2018|Categories: Our Op-Eds and Blogs, School Accountability & Student Protections - more news & info|Tags: Kaplan, Purdue|

About Mike Saunders

Total and Permanent Disability Student Loan Discharge Freedom Of Information Act Response from ED (1/29/20)

University to pay nearly $5 million to US government for role in veterans’ education scam

MSO-VSO Letter Supporting MLA Expansion

Stars & Stripes: Let Protect VETS Act teach for-profit schools a lesson