GI Bill & Other Education Benefits

Our Letter urging VA to follow the law on schools that defraud veterans

After multiple for-profit colleges have been caught defrauding veterans, the VA has still failed to act. We wrote a letter to the VA reminding the agency of its duty to protect veterans.

Free Credit Monitoring for Servicemembers

VES and other veterans and military service organizations write to US Federal Trade Commission regarding free credit monitoring for servicemembers

DOL Urged to Exercise Caution With Apprenticeship Programs

Letter urging the US Department of Labor to ensure adequate quality controls in apprenticeship programs approved for GI Bill

Our Letter to FTC Regarding Fake Military Recruiting Websites

28 Veterans and Military Leaders ask US Federal Trade Commission to release the names of the schools that participated in fake military recruiting websites   Related letter to US Congressional Armed Services Committees [...]

Veterans Organizations Call for Automatic Loan Forgiveness for Disabled Veterans

A letter to the Department of Education requesting automatic loan forgiveness for disabled veterans.

Career-Ready Student Veterans Act

35 veterans and military service organizations call on the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and US Defense Department to stop the rollback of servicemembers’ rights under the Military Lending Act

Veterans and Military Organizations Write VA to Fix Delays in GI Bill Payments

As an IT issue wreaked havoc on GI Bill payments, 15 veteran and military organizations wrote a letter urging VA Secretary Wilkie to find a prompt solution.

Letter from the Department of Defense responding to Senators’ letter regarding the Military Lending Act.

30 veterans and military service organizations call on the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and US Defense Department to stop the rollback of servicemembers’ rights under the Military Lending Act

National Military and Veterans Alliance’s letter calling on the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and US Defense Department to stop the rollback of servicemembers’ rights under the Military Lending Act

Thousands of individual service members and veterans signed our petition

For decades, predatory lenders have targeted service members with 300% interest rates and other abuses. A nearly unanimous Congress acted to pass the Military Lending Act, which stops any bank or nonbank lender from charging [...]

Press Release: Veterans Education Success and The Century Foundation Release Toolkit for State Policymakers to Better Protect Veterans & Military-Connected Students in Higher Education

For Immediate Release              Contact:  Carrie Wofford, President, and Ramond Curtis, State Policy Manager, Veterans Education Success (202) 838-5050 Alex Edwards, Director of Communications, The Century Foundation, edwards@tcf.org, (810) 986-0880 May 29, 2020 Veterans Education [...]

VA’s Revised Guidance to Schools on Correcting Violations of 38 USC 3696

On May 26, 2020, VA sent revised guidance to schools at risk of losing eligibility to enroll GI Bill students due to deceptive and misleading advertising and recruiting, in violation of 38 USC 3696.  This [...]

Politico Morning Education: It’s just not going to look like any other school year

COULD VETERANS BE BLOCKED FROM CARES ACT GRANTS? Veterans Education Success says it’s possible. — “At issue is which students are eligible for the cash grants,” the group, which focuses on student veterans, argues in a new brief. Education [...]

VA’s Guidance to Schools on Correcting Violations of 38 USC 3696

On May 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs sent guidance to 5 schools at risk of losing eligibility to enroll GI Bill students because of 38 USC 3696, which prohibits VA from approving [...]

Press Release: Veterans Education Success Commends Maryland as the First State to Close the 90/10 Loophole

May 7, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ramond Curtis, State Policy Manager   Veterans Education Success Commends Maryland as the First State to Close the 90/10 Loophole Advocates and veterans defrauded by for-profit schools react [...]

Press Release: Thirty-Three Leading Military & Veteran Service Organizations Praise VA Effort to Protect Veterans and Taxpayers from Schools that Mislead Prospective Students

For Immediate Release                     Contact: Carrie Wofford President 202-838-5050 April, 9 2020 Thirty-Three Leading Military & Veteran Service Organizations Praise VA Effort to Protect Veterans and Taxpayers from Schools that Mislead Prospective Students The [...]

Veterans Education Success Thanks Congress for Passing Important COVID-19 Fix for GI Bill and other VA-Funded Students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tanya Ang, Vice President, (202) 838-5050 March 19, 2020   Congress Clears Important COVID-19 Fix for GI Bill and other VA-Funded Students WASHINGTON, DC:  This morning, Congress cleared an important COVID-19 fix [...]

Veterans Education Success Hails Maryland as the 1st State in the Nation to Close the 90/10 Loophole

Veterans Education Success Hails Maryland as the First State in the Nation to Close the 90/10 Loophole FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANNAPOLIS, MD – As they prepare to adjourn over Coronavirus concerns, lawmakers in Annapolis, MD, [...]

Letter from Chairman Scott of the House Ed and Labor Committee to Perdoceo Education Corp. re 90/10 Compliance

Reveal: Veterans Affairs Bans University of Phoenix From New GI Bill Enrollments

"Wofford said the trade commission’s $191 million settlement with the University of Phoenix left the VA little choice but to enforce the law. 'The law is clear,' she said. 'Colleges found to use erroneous, deceptive [...]

The Bellevue Leader: VA Will Suspend Enrollment of New GI Bill Students at Bellevue University, Other Colleges

"The president of Veterans Education Success, Carrie Wofford, praised Monday’s move by the VA. 'This sends a powerful message, one we’ve been advocating for VA to exercise since 2012, that the federal government and taxpayers [...]

WTOP: VA Moves to Suspend New GI Bill Enrollment at 5 Universities

Carrie Wofford, president of the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said in a statement that the VA’s decision was “more than justified” and sends the message that “the federal government and taxpayers will no longer [...]