We advocate for military-connected students before the Education Department
Disabled veterans’ right to student loan forgiveness
We had a major win in forcing the US Education Department to honor disabled veterans’ legal right to student loan forgiveness. Still more to do!
Loan Relief for Students Defrauded by a School
We fight for defrauded veterans to get their student loans forgiven by the Education Department, and their Pell Grants restored.
Integrity and Quality Standards by Colleges
We advocate for rules requiring colleges to abide by basic integrity rules and meet minimum quality standards.
Accreditation and Accreditors
We push for high quality standards by accreditors and we expose lax accreditors.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DATA
U.S. Education Department Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
OUR LETTERS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Our Letter to the Department of Education regarding the Borrower Defense to Repayment Application, March 2025
March 17, 2025 Manager of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave SW, LBJ, Room 4C210 Washington, DC 20202-1200 Submitted via electronic portal Re: Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment Universal Forms (Docket No. ED-2025-SCC-0002) Comment Request 1/14/2025 To Whom It May [...]
Coalition letter on data preservation and security at the Dept. of Education
Together, the 87 undersigned organizations and individuals, in partnership with the Postsecondary Data Collaborative (PostsecData), write to express our deep concern regarding recent federal actions that undermine critical information systems supporting American education. PostsecData is a nonpartisan coalition of education leaders, researchers, and advocates committed to using high-quality postsecondary data [...]
Our Letter to the Department of Education Re: Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges.
December 5, 2024 Herman Bounds, Director, Accreditation Group U.S. Department of Education Via email: ThirdPartyComments@ed.gov RE: Written Comments - Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges Dear Director Bounds, We write in response to the call for third-party comments announced on November 6, 2024, in the Department of Education’s Notice [...]
Coalition letter on OPMs
November 13, 2024 The Honorable James Kvaal Under Secretary United States Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20202 Dear Under Secretary Kvaal, We write as a coalition of organizations representing students, consumers, veterans, and researchers to urge you to take immediate action to protect students and taxpayers [...]
Our Letter to the Department of Education Regarding EDMC Schools
October 30, 2024 The Honorable Miguel Cardona Secretary U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202 Dear Secretary Cardona, We write to urge you to use your authority to help student veterans who attended Education Management Corporation (EDMC) schools. In 2021, we shared with you a report [...]
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REPORTS
U.S. Department of Education, New Analysis Finds Many For-Profit Colleges Skirt Federal Funding Limits (Dec. 2016)
U.S. Department of Education, New Analysis Finds Many For-Profit Colleges Skirt Federal Funding Limits: 90/10 Data Released (Dec. 2016). Data excel spreadsheet here. New analysis released today by the U.S. Department of Education reveals many for-profit schools would likely exceed the 90/10 federal funding limits if revenue from Department of [...]
MORE NEWS & INFO
Our Comment on the Computer Matching Agreement between the Department of Education and the Department of Veterans Affairs
We are providing comments on the May 6, 2021, Federal Register Notice (ED-2021-FSA-0005) concerning the re-establishment of the flawed computer matching agreement (CMA) between the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The objective of the CMA is to assist ED with verification of [...]
Yahoo Finance: Student loan forgiveness: New bill aims to help active-duty military service members
The fact that only 124 active duty service members had their loans discharged via PSLF "is a major warning sign," Mike Saunders, director of military and consumer policy at Veterans Education Success told Yahoo Finance. "More than 200,000 currently serving have federal student loans. It has been over four years [...]
GAO: 94% of PSLF Applicants Employed By DoD Have Been Denied; 124 Active Duty Servicemembers Have Earned Loan Forgiveness
Public Service Loan Forgiveness: DOD and Its Personnel Could Benefit from Additional Program Information The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is intended to encourage people to enter public service. It forgives the federal student loan balances of eligible borrowers who have made at least 10 years of payments while in [...]
Comment from 15 Groups on Federal Student Aid’s Strategic Plan FY 2020-24
October 23, 2020 Major General Mark A. Brown, USAF (Ret.) Chief Operating Officer Office of Federal Student Aid 830 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20202 Re: Comments on FSA’s Approach to Financial Aid Issues in its Draft Strategic Plan To Whom It May Concern: These comments are [...]
Letter from 77 Organizations Asking for the Extension of the Suspension of Student of Loan Payments
October 28, 2020 The Honorable Betsy DeVos Secretary of Education U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202 Dear Secretary DeVos: We, the 77 undersigned community, civil rights, consumer, labor, and student advocacy organizations, write to urge you to immediately extend the federal student [...]
