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 Education Dept. on the Gainful Employment and Related Regulations
June 20, 2023 The Honorable Nasser H. Paydar, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education U.S. Department of Education Re: Docket ID ED–2023–OPE–0089 Dear Assistant Secretary Paydar, I write to submit comments on behalf of Veterans Education Success in response to the Department of Education’s (the Department) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [...]
Our Follow-Up Letter to the Department of Education regarding proposed new Borrower Defense to Repayment Application
June 16, 2023 U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203 Washington, DC 20202-8240 Submitted via electronic portal Re: Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment Universal Forms (Docket No. ED-2023-SCC-0024) Comment Request 5/17/2023 To Whom It May Concern: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the edited [...]
Our Letter to the Dept of Education Regarding Accreditation and State Authorization Rulemaking
April 24, 2023 Ashley Clark U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Room 2C–185 Washington, DC 20202 RE: Docket ID ED–2023–OPE–0039 Dear Ms. Clark, I am pleased to submit comments in response to the Department of Education’s March 24, 2023 Notice in the Federal Register, referenced above, on behalf [...]
Our Testimony on Accreditation and State Authorization at the Department of Education Negotiated Rulemaking Hearings
My name is Della Justice and I am Vice President for Legal Affairs with Veterans Education Success, a nonprofit research, policy, and student-veteran advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. We work on a bipartisan basis to advance higher education success for veterans, servicemembers, and military families, and to protect the [...]
Our Letter to the Department of Education regarding proposed new Borrower Defense to Repayment Application
April 3, 2023 U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203 Washington, DC 20202-8240 Submitted via electronic portal Re: Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment Universal Forms (Docket No. ED-2023-SCC-0024) To Whom It May Concern: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed Borrower Defense to [...]
Coalition Letter on Third Party Servicer Guidance
March 30, 2023 Annmarie Weisman Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation Office of Postsecondary Education U.S. Department of Education Re: Docket ID ED-2022-OPE-0103 Submitted electronically via regulations.gov Dear Deputy Assistant Secretary Weisman, On behalf of the undersigned student, veteran, faculty, higher education policy, consumer, and borrower advocacy groups, [...]
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REPORTS
U.S. Department of Education, Strengthening the Student Loan System to Better Protect All Borrowers
Never before has higher education been so critical to ensuring a good future and a promising career. A postsecondary education and training credential continues to be the most important investment students can make in their own futures. For some students and their families, though, higher education feels out of reach. [...]
U.S. Education Department Data on For-Profit Colleges’ Violation of 90/10 Law
Explore the internal Department of Education analysis obtained by The Center for Investigative Reporting that shows 133 for-profit colleges are so dependent on taxpayer money that they would be violating a law designed to prevent profiteering without a loophole that excludes GI Bill assistance to active duty military.
MORE NEWS & INFO
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, [...]
Military Times: Lawmaker vows to protect student loan forgiveness program for troops, others
"A controversial Republican proposal from last Congress to eliminate a student loan forgiveness program for public servants, including military service members, may be off the table. Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill this week, the new chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said the [...]
Could Education Corporation of America’s Sudden Closure Have Been Avoided?
Earlier this month, another for-profit college chain closed abruptly, leaving more than 20,000 students and 4,000 GI Bill beneficiaries wondering why this happened and how this will affect their future educational endeavors. On December 5, 2018, the Education Corporation of America (ECA) — which owns Virginia College, Ecotech, Golf Academy [...]
Education Dept. 2018 Letter to DeVry Outlining PPA Requirements
The U.S. Education Department imposed requirements on DeVry in 2018
American Legion Resolution to protect gainful employment and borrower defense
The American Legion resolution to protect gainful employment and borrower defense rules.
33 Veterans and Military Organizations Oppose DeVos’ Propose to Revise Borrower Defense and Gainful Employment Rules
A letter from Military and Veteran organizations urging Education Department to immediately enact the Borrower Defense for defrauded student veterans.
