Our Press Releases

Joint Press Release: Veterans & Military Service Organizations Response to Sen. Alexander’s Higher Education Legislation

September 26, 2019 (Updated October 7, 2019) For Immediate Release Contact: Tanya Ang | Vice President | (949) 244-7690 Lauren Augustine | Vice President of Government Relations (SVA) | (703) 772-9919 Barrett Y. Bogue | [...]

Veterans Education Success releases 2 new reports on VA’s oversight of the GI Bill

VES released 2 new reports:  VA’s increased Tasking of SAAs with Payment Audits is Impeding Quality Oversight of Schools; and Inconsistent Governing Statutes are Fueling Disagreements Between VA and the States Reports Shed Light on [...]

Press Release: We Respond to VA’s Decision to Suspend California’s Role as a State Approving Agency for GI Bill

September 6, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:  CARRIE WOFFORD, PRESIDENT (202) 422-6338 VETERANS EDUCATION SUCCESS RESPONDS TO VA’S DECISION TO SUSPEND CALIFORNIA’S ROLE AS A STATE APPROVING AGENCY FOR GI BILL Washington, DC -- Today’s [...]

Press Release: DeVos’s Final Rewrite of the Borrower Defense Rule Is a Slap in the Face for Military-Connected Students

September 3, 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Walter Ochinko | VES Research Director | (202) 657-1254 DeVos’s Final Rewrite of the Borrower Defense Rule Is a Slap in the Face for Military-Connected Students Washington, D.C. [...]

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

Our press release on 49-state AG settlement with Career Education Corp.

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

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