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VoteVets: Republicans Are About To Screw Veterans Worse Than I Thought
One element of Section 201 allows GI Bill money to be spent on unaccredited online programs, benefiting for-profit schools at the expense of veterans who deserve high-quality pathways into skilled trades. Read the full article [...]
Federal News Network: Veterans have seen this story before and they’re paying close attention to what comes next
When GI Bill abuse surfaced years ago, veterans’ benefits kept flowing to schools that met higher‑education standards but failed veterans themselves. Now, as accreditation standards are back under review, advocates say lessons from that era [...]
AP: Pentagon’s break with Ivy League leaves colleges bracing for further changes to military programs
By carving out those campuses, some believe the Trump administration is sacrificing technical expertise in the name of ideology. Those campuses tend to employ top experts in areas like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum computing, [...]
Military.com: How Veterans Lose GI Bill Benefits to Scams, Fraud, and Predatory Schools
Beyond criminal schemes, another major question involves misleading recruiting practices. Investigations by groups like Veterans Education Success have documented how some for-profit colleges inflated job placement claims, misrepresented accreditation, or promised career pathways they could not deliver. [...]
New York Daily News: Living life when the uniform comes off
So, I decided to go back to school. I applied to Rockford Career College, a two-year vocational facility in Rockford, Ill. I’d tried my hand as an electrician and liked it enough to train to get [...]
FedScoop: Issues in VA’s modernization push delay payments for thousands of students
The organizations, like TAPS and Veterans Education Success, were not informed of the glitch until students who typically receive Chapter 35 benefits reported receiving only partial or no payments at the start of October. Up [...]
MeriTalk: VA Tech Issue Delays GI Bill Payments for Thousands of Students
Will Hubbard, vice president for veterans and military policy at Veterans Education Success, called the lack of communication from the VA “a real failure.” Hubbard said his organization, along with TAPS and others, is “at [...]
Media Highlights: Veterans Education Success Sounds the Alarm on GI Bill Payment Delays
Veterans Education Success is bringing national attention to a major breakdown impacting student veterans during the government shutdown. Chapter 35 survivors, who rely on GI Bill stipends for both tuition and housing, are reporting [...]
Pew: Virtual Classrooms, Real-World Disparities: How Online-Only Student Veterans Fare Under the Post-9/11 GI Bill
A 2019 study from Veterans Education Success focused on the outcomes of students who attended trade schools. The group’s analysis showed that within 10 years after enrolling, only 38% of those who received federal student [...]
MilitaryTimes: VA tech glitch halts GI Bill payments to thousands, advocates say
Will Hubbard, the vice president for Veterans and Military Policy at the organization Veterans Education Success and an architect of the current “Forever GI Bill,” has been tracking the nonpayment issue closely since he [...]
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