We push for high quality and integrity for colleges and accreditors, and we expose lax accreditors.
OUR WORK
Student Veteran Submission: Henry Hawley Testimony to the Department of Education, February 2024
Good afternoon. After serving in the Navy for four years, I decided to use my GI Bill benefits to attend college. I chose Stratford University and attended from 2010 until 2013. I completed an associate’s [...]
Student Veteran Submission: Nico Castillo Testimony to the Department of Education, February 2024
Thank you for the time to explain my experience at Living Arts College. In September 2021, after a six-year stint in the U.S. Army, I decided to enroll because I was interested in film school [...]
Student Veteran Submission: Michael Caraway Testimony to the Department of Education, February 2024
Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to share a bit about the challenges I’ve faced since my time as a student at Brown Mackie College. My name is Michael Caraway and I have [...]
Student Veteran Submission: Kolin Wilkins Testimony to the Department of Education, February 2024
Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Kolin Wilkins. In February 2020, I enrolled at Vista College to pursue an associate’s degree in medical insurance coding and billing. [...]
Student Veteran Submission: Cheri Carter Testimony to the Department of Education, February 2024
Good afternoon, my name is Cheri Carter. In 2007, I decided to use my GI Bill to pursue a career in medical billing and coding because I had worked in the medical field as a [...]
Student Veteran Submission: Riley Street Testimony to the Department of Education, January 2024
Good afternoon, I am Riley Street. I served in the Army from 2015 until 2020. After my time in the military, I decided to go to school to pursue art and design. I attended Living [...]
Military Spouse Submission: Dr. Cynthia Lawrence Testimony to the Department of Education, January 2024
Good afternoon, I would first like to say thank you for having me here to speak to you today on this matter of utmost importance. Hi, I am Dr. Cynthia Lawrence, and I am a [...]
Student Veteran Submission: Edgar Sort de Sanz Testimony to the Department of Education, January 2024
My name is Edgar Sort de Sanz, and I appreciate the opportunity to share my experience as a student at the University of Phoenix. After serving in the Navy, I enrolled in a Bachelor ‘s [...]
2021 Education Department Hearings
We mobilized individual veterans and veterans leaders to testify at the Education Department’s public hearings in 2021 about key accountability and quality issues in higher education.
- Testimony of William Hubbard, Veterans Education Success (written testimony here; photo here)
- Formal Written Submission by Veterans Education Success
- Testimony of Wesley Wilson, Higher Ground Veterans Advocacy (written testimony here)
- Testimony of Student Veteran Nicole Wilson (written testimony here)
- Testimony of Student Veteran Patricia Chang (written testimony here)
- Testimony of Student Veteran Jarrod Thoma (written testimony here)
- Testimony of Student Veteran Chris Wolfla (written testimony here)
- Testimony of Student Veteran Antonio Luna (written testimony here; photo here)
2018 PUBLIC HEARINGS ON EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S RULES ON INTEGRITY AND QUALITY STANDARDS FOR COLLEGES
September 2018
- Public comment from 28 veterans and military service organizations urging the Department to maintain strong integrity rules against waste, fraud, and abuse, and to expand competency-based education (Sept. 14, 2018)
- Public Comment by VES against the Education Department’s proposal to completely rescind the requirement that career college programs meet minimum Gainful Employment metrics (Sept. 13, 2018)
- Find out which colleges “fail” the minimum gainful employment standards:
- Visit https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/node/274, then click on “Download the debt-to-earnings data spreadsheet,” then filter the column that has PASS/FAIL/ZONE in it to show the failing programs.
- Find out which colleges “fail” the minimum gainful employment standards:
- Testimony at Education Department public hearings:
Washington, DC (Sept. 6, 2018)
- Testimony of VES Vice President Tanya Ang (photo here) (video here)
- Testimony of Army veteran Jarrod Thoma (video and tweets here)
- Testimony of military spouse Mindy Thoma (video and tweets here)
New Orleans, Louisiana (Sept. 11, 2018)
- Testimony of VES Director of Military and Consumer Policy Director Mike Saunders (photo and tweet here; video tweet here)
- Testimony of Army Sgt Renee Seruntine (video and tweets here)
Sturtevant, Wisconsin (Sept. 13, 2018)
- Testimony by Veterans Education Success (video and tweets here)
June 2018
Today, 28 veterans and military service organizations filed a public comment urging the Education Department to maintain strong integrity rules against waste, fraud, and abuse, and to expand competency-based education. #VetsEdSuccess https://t.co/MHGearGLZh pic.twitter.com/0MQSvbbxa7
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) September 14, 2018
OUR LETTERS TO ACCREDITORS
Our legal team provides submissions to college accreditors, documenting our findings about specific colleges, including our research findings, student veteran complaints, and whistleblower concerns.
- Our Third Party Comment to Higher Learning Commission regarding University of Phoenix | Nov. 2018
- Our memo outlining HLC’s standards and the ways UOP has violated those standards
- Yale Law School memo describing hundreds of student veteran complaints received by us
- Affidavit from Veterans Education Success President Wofford regarding the concerns expressed by, and documents received from, four UOP whistleblowers
- Letter from a UOP whistleblower sharing concerns
- Our Third Party Comment to WASC Senior College and University Commission regarding Ashford University | Dec. 20, 2017
- Our Submission of Additional Information to Ashford’s Accreditor| Feb. 22, 2018
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