VES Press Releases

Press Release: Statement by Veterans Education Success on the Presidential Memorandum on Discharging the Federal Student Loan Debt of Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans

August 21, 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Barrett Y. Bogue | Senior Communication Advisor (202) 670-5587 Statement by Veterans Education Success on the Presidential Memorandum on Discharging the Federal Student Loan Debt of Totally and [...]

Veterans Education Success announces new staff, promotions

Prior to 49-state AG settlement, Career Education Corp. took 5th highest amount of GI Bill Funds and had 3rd highest number of veteran complaints. VES provided the AGs with more than 400 veteran complaints; VES also reported that CEC lied to veterans about their eligibility for licensed occupations

Veterans Education Success applauds the work of a bipartisan group of 49 state attorneys (AGs) general for their diligent effort leading to today’s settlement with the Career Education Corporation (CEC), which operates Colorado Tech University [...]

Understanding Student Outcomes at Newly-Shuttered Education Corporation of America Colleges and at its Sister School Members of the Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) Trade Association

In light of the December 5, 2018, announcement by the Education Corporation of America (ECA) that it is closing the 70 campuses it operated under the brand names Brightwood College, Brightwood Career Institute, Golf Academy [...]

New Research Report: Student Vets More Resilient, Persistent in Pursuit of Higher Education. However, stronger federal and institutional support would help bolster their completion rates

U.S. Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) Meets with Washington Student Veterans about Protecting the GI Bill and Student Veterans

https://twitter.com/GiBillRights/status/1056993468558372865

Veterans and Military Service Organizations Urge Education Department Not to Rollback Student Protections and Quality Controls in Program Integrity Rules

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Rescission of Gainful Employment Fails Statutory Obligation to Stop Waste, Fraud, and Abuse and to Protect Taxpayer Dollars – and Knowingly Puts Veterans and Servicemembers at Risk

VES Ad for the Military Lending Act

Veterans and Military Service Organizations Take Out Full-Page Ad in Many Newspapers Nationwide to Protect the Military Lending Act  

Education Department Favors Bad Schools Over Veterans

Twenty-Seven Veteran and Military Service Organization Submit Comment Opposing DeVos’s Proposed Borrower Defense Rule, which Protects Predatory Schools Rather than Military-Connected Students