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
Student Veteran Submission: Valerie Scott Testimony to the Department of Education, August 2025
Good morning. My name is Valerie Scott. I served for ten years in the US Army and the Army National Guard. I want to share my experience with Argosy University, a school that systematically targeted [...]
Our Press Release: San Antonio Army Veteran Left with $400,000 in Debt After Attending Government-Approved Sham School
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Ana Cobian ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com, 323-360-1827 San Antonio Army Veteran Left with $400,000 in Debt After Attending Government-Approved Sham School Army Veteran to Testify at Federal Virtual Hearing Thursday: Dismantling Department of Education Oversight [...]
Our Press Release: Arizona Army Veteran/Purple Heart Recipient Left With a Useless Degree & Wasted G.I. Benefits After Attending Government-Approved Sham School
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Ana Cobian, ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com, 323-360-1827 Arizona Army Veteran/Purple Heart Recipient Left With a Useless Degree & Wasted G.I. Benefits After Attending Government-Approved Sham School Army Veteran to Testify at Federal Virtual Hearing Thursday, [...]
News4JAX: Jacksonville veteran testifies in Washington about Dept. of Education cuts
A Jacksonville Navy veteran is sounding the alarm, warning that veterans could be left defenseless against predatory colleges and lending practices without the Department of Education. Michelle Poitier testified at a Department of Education public [...]
Jacksonville Free Press: Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame Inductee Sounds Alarm at Public Hearing: Dismantling the Department of Education Leaves Student Veterans Defenseless
Michelle Poitier Shares Her Personal Story Being Scammed by a Predatory College, Warns Veterans at Risk from Continuing Abuses of Predatory Practices of Sham Schools That Prey on Student Veterans – Waste Their GI Bill Benefits + Saddle Them [...]
Student Veteran Submission: Blake Stilwell Testimony to the Department of Education, June 2025
My name is Blake Stilwell, and I served in the Air Force as a combat photojournalist from 2001 to 2007. While in the Air Force, I enrolled at American InterContinental University Online for graphic design. [...]
Student Veteran Submission: Michelle Poitier Testimony to the Department of Education, June 2025
My name is Michelle Angelique Poitier, a U.S. Navy veteran who served faithfully for 13 years in the Intelligence Community. After separating from the military, I stepped into what I believed would be a path [...]
WDTN Evening News: Dayton veteran warns against wasting educational benefits on deceptive schools
“It is absolutely true that we very frequently see individuals who are definitely worse off economically, emotionally and psychologically because they use their benefits to attend ‘college,'” said Barmak Nassirian, Veterans Education Success vice president [...]