SPEAKING UP
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“Veterans make the best college students, they should have the best protections.” Former Argosy student Kendrick Harrison and our VP @TanyaMAng joined allies today in calling for greater protections for military-connected students. #DefendBorrowers #VetsEdSuccess pic.twitter.com/NhUW3fxhZr
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) January 16, 2020
Today Congress will hear the overwhelming voice of veterans and national Veteran and Military Service Organizations: protect student veterans and improve #highered outcomes! #VetsEdSuccess #Vets4HEA #DefendTheGIBill pic.twitter.com/IIwPtruyby
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) June 13, 2019
📺 Andi, a @USMC veteran, credits the support provided by VES for helping him transfer to a new school after the college he was attending closed. Watch and learn the advice he has for other military-connected students. Visit https://t.co/OaAQzOA4bt #NatCon2020 #VetsEdSuccess pic.twitter.com/ac1ItSOoGI
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) January 4, 2020
Travis served 9 years in the @USArmy then enrolled in ITT Tech. After they took out a student loan without his permission and closed he was able to get his #GIBill benefits restored to use successfully at another college. #GIBillRights #VetsEdSuccess https://t.co/tu9spyzIyX pic.twitter.com/zjxyZ0Gbcw
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) June 27, 2019
Thank you @EdTrust for inviting VES and @Bnivens21 to share our perspective on ways #highered can better support #socialmobility for military connected students. Let's do this again! #VetsEdSuccess #GIBillRights pic.twitter.com/mtyxmsPF1o
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) June 25, 2019
OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT REPORTS
2023 Annual Report & Decade Report: Decade in Review
To Our Valued Partners, As 2023 comes to a close, we celebrate a decade of our impact and victories for veterans. Sparked by a U.S. Senate investigation in 2012 into predatory colleges, our leadership has [...]
State Policy Advocacy Report January 2019 – April 2020
In just the last sixteen months, Veterans Education Success has worked with state legislators, higher education non-profits, and veteran/military service organizations to introduce first-in-the-nation 90/10 loophole closure bills in three states.
Key Photos from our work Elevating Veteran Voices: 2019
Check out photos of our veterans telling Washington what's needed!
OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
Lima News: Berkhalter addresses Senate Dems
Lima native Tasha Berkhalter told Senate Democrats she was deeply concerned about the firing of borrower defense teams at the Department of Education at a hearing Tuesday afternoon.
Our Press Release: Lima, OH, Army Veteran to Meet with Senators
VES Tasha Media Advisory Email Subject Line: Lima, OH, Vet Warns of Dangers to Student Vets by Dismantling Dept of Ed, Tues, May, U.S. Sen. Forum. MEDIA ADVISORY CONTACT: Ana Cobian ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com 323.360.1827 AVAILABLE FOR [...]
Senate Forum Remarks from Veteran Tasha Berkhalter
Testimony of Tasha Berkhalter Before the United States Senate Forum entitled “Abandoning America’s Promise: The Real Cost of Dismantling the Department of Education” May 6, 2025 Good afternoon Senators. I would like to thank Senator [...]
KBOI (CBS) Radio – Boise, ID: Idaho Veteran Urges Ed. Dept. to Continue Loan Repayment and Oversight
Hear the radio broadcast on KBOI (CBS) Radio here.
KKFT-FM – Reno NV: A local veteran testifies before the U.S. Department of Education
Hear the radio broadcast on KKFT-FM - Reno NV here.
CBS News – KCAL – Los Angeles: Veteran fights to protect others from predatory colleges | Veterans’ Voices
Chris Holmstrom introduces U.S. Army veteran Alphi Black, the founder of Veterans Education Success, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making sure that veterans in search of higher education are not taken advantage of by predatory colleges.
Student Veteran Submission: Matthew C. Testimony to the Department of Education, March 2024
Good afternoon, my name is Matthew. I feel duty-bound to share my experience at Sonoran Desert Institute to help other veterans. After I got out of the Army, I first attended a Community College near [...]
Student Veteran Submission: Caitlin Kadell Testimony to the Department of Education, March 2024
Good afternoon. My name is Caitlin Kadell, and I’m a Marine Corps veteran. I would like to take a few minutes today to talk about my time at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. In 2014, [...]