Category: Our Letters to Ed Dept

Q: Our letter urging stronger accreditor oversight of colleges

Letter to the Office of Post Secondary Education About Proposed Rules for Accrediting Agencies. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/VES-Comment-on-Accreditation.pdf" title="VES Comment on Accreditation"]

Q: Our Letter urging better disclosures on college performance under Gainful Employment rule

We at Veterans Education Success - a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of veterans, servicemembers, and their families - strenuously oppose the proposed changes to the Gainful Employment rule as they will undermine and weaken a tool that helps students make informed decisions about their educational future. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/VESGEDisclosureComment.pdf" title="VES+GE+Disclosure+Comment"]

Q: Our letter urging data-sharing between Ed Dept and VA

[pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/va-ed-matching-comment.pdf"]

Q: Veterans Organizations Recommend Tanya Ang for 2019 Negotiated Rulemaking

Recommendation to the US Education Department of negotiators representing veterans and military students in 2019 Negotiated Rule-Making [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-neg-reg-negotiator-rec.pdf"]

Q: Veterans Organizations Call for Automatic Loan Forgiveness for Disabled Veterans

A letter to the Department of Education 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: 28 Veterans Organizations Call on the Education Department to Stop Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

Public comment from 28 veterans and military service organizations urging the Education Department to maintain strong integrity rules against waste, fraud, and abuse, and to expand competency-based education. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ves-coalition-sign-on-letter-sept-2018.pdf"]

Q: Our Public Comment Opposing the Rescission of Gainful Employment

Public Comment by VES against the Education Department’s proposal to completely rescind the requirement that career college programs meet minimum Gainful Employment metrics [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gainful-employment-comment-sept-2018.pdf"]

Q: 27 veteran and military service organizations oppose the Education Department's rollback of protections for taxpayers and students in Borrower Defense rule

A letter by veteran organizations in opposition of the Education Department's rollback of veteran protections. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bd-mso-vso-public-comments.pdf"] Individual veterans also filed their own public comments about their experiences. [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/individual-veterans-bd-comments.pdf"]

Q: Our Letter Urging Education Department Not to Postpone State Authorization Rules for Distance Education

Our public comment urging the Education Department not to postpone implementation of State Authorization rules (distance education providers) [pdf-embedder url="https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ed-state-authorization-letter.pdf"]

Q: Our Letter Requesting Oversight of For-Profit College Conversions

VES public comment regarding oversight of college accreditors to US Education Department's National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity