VES advocates for military-connected students before the Education Department
Disabled veterans’ right to student loan forgiveness
VES has been pushing the US Education Department to honor disabled veterans’ legal right to student loan forgiveness.
Students’ Rights to Loan Relief if They Were Defrauded by a School
VES fights for defrauded veterans to get their student loans forgiven by the Education Department, and their Pell Grants restored.
Integrity and Quality Standards by Colleges
VES fights for rules requiring colleges to abide by basic integrity rules and meet minimum quality standards.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DATA
U.S. Education Department Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REPORTS
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences: Military Service and Educational Attainment of High School Sophomores After 9/11: Experiences of 2002 High School Sophomores as of 2012
This Statistics in Brief examines 2002 high school sophomores’ entrance into military service through 2012, up to 8 years after most graduated from high school in 2004. The report provides estimates regarding the timing of military service; the demographic and academic characteristics of those who served in the military; the [...]
OUR LETTERS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Proposed Rules for Accrediting Agencies
Letter to the Office of Post Secondary Education About Proposed Rules for Accrediting Agencies.
Automatic Loan Forgiveness for Disabled Veterans
A letter to the Department of Education requesting automatic loan forgiveness for disabled veterans.
Education Department Rolls Back Protections for Veterans
A letter by veteran organizations in opposition of the Education Department's rollback of veteran protections. Individual veterans also filed their own public comments about their experiences.
Veteran Panel Nominations
Veteran and military organizations nominate representatives to the Department of Education panels for Borrower Defense to Repayment and Gainful Employment.
Rolling Back Protections Hurts Veterans
A letter urging the Department of Education to not roll back protections for veterans.
Ed Department aims to Roll Back Student Protections
Letter from 34 national veterans & military service organizations urging the Education Department not to roll back student protections https://vetsedsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ed-dept-mso-vso-letter-sept-2017.pdf
MORE NEWS & INFO
Proposed Rules for Accrediting Agencies
Letter to the Office of Post Secondary Education About Proposed Rules for Accrediting Agencies.
Proposed Education Department Regulatory Changes Should Be Reevaluated Based on GI Bill Oversight Lessons
ED’s rulemaking should be revaluated based on the lessons learned from GI Bill oversight and the impact on veterans. In each of the areas ED is proposing changes, veterans have been disproportionally harmed in a veritable cycle of scandalsinvolving poor quality, predatory schools chasing GI Bill dollars. In several instances, [...]
Veteran Student Loan Debt 7 Years After Implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill
In May 2018, we reported on trends in veteran student loan debt from just before the 2009 implementation of the more generous Post-9/11 GI Bill (2007-08) to 3 years after the new benefit became available (2011-12). Those trends have emerged with greater clarity in the most recent U.S. Department of [...]
American Heroes Network: Veterans Education Success’ Mike Saunders explains severely disabled veterans’ right to student loan forgiveness
As the Director of Military and Consumer Policy, Mike leads Veteran Education Success’ consumer protection policy work, including servicemembers’ protections under the Military Lending Act and Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Mike joined VES as Legal Advocacy Director in July 2018, bringing professional experience as a long-time policy advocate for veterans [...]
Military Times Rebootcamp: Could This Government Program Wipe Away All Your Student Loan Debt?
Until recently, if you were 100 percent disabled or had a finding by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of Individual Unemployability (IU) you could get your student loans forgiven, but with one expensive caveat: it was considered taxable income by the IRS. That meant an unexpected tax bill for [...]
UPI: Lack of info, fear causing thousands of U.S. vets to default on student loans
Earlier this year, tens of thousands of disabled U.S. veterans became eligible to have their student loans entirely forgiven -- but more than half are in default, new figures show. In April, the Education Department and Veterans Administration announced they would identify disabled student loan borrowers eligible for forgiveness and total and [...]
