Veterans and Military Organizations Write Regarding the Renewal of ACICS as an Accreditor

We write to bring to your attention the problem of veterans targeted by predatory colleges using deceptive and aggressive recruiting tactics to attend particularly low quality schools with terrible student outcomes. While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an important role to play in overseeing schools that participate in the GI Bill, VA should be able to rely on the work of Education Department-approved accreditors to ensure that only institutions with acceptable outcomes that eschew aggressive and deceptive recruiting practices are eligible to participate. The Department of Education has let down both the Defense Department and VA who view accreditation as an indication of quality.