Veterans Education Success works with key stakeholders to advocate on behalf of military-connected students to ensure they have access to high quality education, leading to viable career opportunities. We advocate for better college quality and student outcomes; strong accountability measures to ensure colleges provide a robust return on investment; student protections; and for the integrity and success of key federal programs that support military-connected students, such as the GI Bill, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Defense Department Tuition Assistance.

POLICY ISSUES

Learn more about the key policy issues. Read our reports and advocacy letters.

Quality of Education & Student Outcomes

A good quality education is important for student success.

School Accountability & Student Protections

Students have rights and colleges must be held to a higher standard.

GI Bill & Other Education Benefits

Learn more about your military education benefits.

OUR ADVOCACY

See how VES is working to advance higher education success, protecting the integrity and promise of the GI Bill.

Our Advocacy Letters

  • We collaborate with our veteran & military allies to maximize our collective advocacy impact.  We frequently submit formal letters, with policy recommendations, to federal agencies and Congress.

Our Work With Congress

  • We work with Congressional Committees and Members to introduce bills, hold hearings, and urge the executive branch to protect military-connected students.

Our Work with the Executive Branch

  • We work with federal agencies to ensure military-connected students’ hard-earned education benefits are successful and effective.

Our Work with the States

  • An emerging area of our work is helping state policymakers better understand and address the need to improve college quality and accountability.

Blue Star Families are truly grateful to Veterans Education Success

“All of us at Blue Star Families are truly grateful to Veterans Education Success for their indispensable work fighting to ensure our veterans and the military spouses and children who earned the GI Bill receive the value of it.  VES is the leader in working with Congress to help us maintain this important benefit and fight against bad actors who would leave veterans and family members with worthless credentials.  Carrie Wofford is a visionary and dedicated leader I am proud to know through her three decades of work for the public good.”

– Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet

The work of Veterans Education Success has been absolutely critical

“The work of Veterans Education Success has been absolutely critical to efforts to ensure that veterans get the value they deserve from the GI Bill. Whether they are advising an individual vet or putting together a research project, the team at VES is top-notch”

– Bob Shireman, The Century Foundation

VES has been such an exceptional leader for years

“VES has been such an exceptional leader for years in efforts to defend military and veteran education benefits. They continually defend the Post-9/11 GI Bill from cuts and abuse and have advocated for smart policy to expand the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Today, VES is spearheading the fight to ensure the Congressional re-authorization of the Higher Education Act is free from provisions that hurt vets. They are true leaders and we are fortunate to partner with them. Carrie Wofford and her team are top watchdogs, always fighting to preserve the benefits women and men have earned through their service.”

– Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Founder Paul Rieckhoff