When schools close, students can lose out on the tuition and time they invested. If your school closes, get free help from our team: [email protected]. We’ve been leading the effort to push Congress to restore GI Bill benefits lost when a school closes. In 2017, in the Harry Colmery Forever GI Bill – thanks in part to our friends at VFW, who spoke up for us at a key moment in negotiations – we got full GI Bill restoration for students during a few years window of time, covering when ITT and Corinthian closed, but only one semester restoration for most students. In 2020 and 2021, Congress worked with us to give full GI Bill restoration to all students. We are grateful to the Congressional Veterans Affairs Committee for working with us to fix this.
What should you do if your school closes?
- Click here to learn your rights.
- Click here to find VA’s procedures.
- Click here to read the rules at the Education Dept for getting your student loans forgiven when your school closes.
- Get free help from our staff to figure out your rights and options: [email protected]
- Watch this video of Andi, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, on his experience attending Argosy University when it closed and his advice.
OUR WORK
Veteran and Servicemember Complaints about Misconduct and Illegal Practices at Dream Center schools
Introduction This memo summarizes and analyzes complaints received by Veterans Education Success from military-connected students who attended Dream Center schools. These schools were formerly owned by Education Management Corporation (EDMC), which closed some schools [...]
Our Letter to President Biden – Ideas for an Executive Order
February 17, 2021 President Joseph R. Biden The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden: Thank you for committing to protect veterans, servicemembers, and military families from predatory colleges that deceive them [...]
Veterans Education Success Celebrates Landmark Law Protecting the GI Bill
Veterans Education Success Celebrates Landmark Law to Protect Student Veterans and Ensure Better Oversight of GI Bill Colleges January 5, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: Carrie Wofford: [email protected] Veterans Education Success celebrates landmark legislation to [...]
Veterans Education Success Hails Unanimous Passage of Landmark Legislation to Protect Student Veterans and Ensure Better Oversight of GI Bill Colleges
December 16, 2020 For Immediate Release Contact: Carrie Wofford: [email protected] Veterans Education Success hails unanimous passage of landmark legislation to protect student veterans and ensure better oversight of GI Bill colleges Veterans Education Success proposed, [...]
Veterans Education Success Hails Senate Passage of Landmark Legislation to Protect Student Veterans and Ensure Better Oversight of GI Bill Colleges
December 9, 2020 For Immediate Release Contact: Carrie Wofford ([email protected]) and Tanya Ang ([email protected]) Veterans Education Success hails Senate passage of landmark legislation to protect student veterans and ensure better oversight of GI Bill colleges [...]
FOIA response from VA regarding GI Bill payments to the Art Institute of Colorado
Veterans Education Success sent a FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), seeking the number of students using VA funding and enrolled at the Art Institute of Colorado between November 2017 and [...]
VA and States Should Act on Early Warning Signs When Risks to GI Bill Beneficiaries and Taxpayers Emerge at Participating Schools
This report is one in a series of three reports by Veterans Education Success on State Approving Agency (SAA) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) oversight of GI Bill participating schools. A second report examines [...]
Learn about the Protect the GI Bill Act
Overview of The Protect the GI Bill Act Gives Student Veterans the Same Rights as Other Students Contained within the larger Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement [...]
MORE NEWS & INFO
The Century Foundation: How to Stop Sudden College Closures
The U.S. Department of Education’s current system of financial oversight of colleges does not forecast the future condition of an institution but rather only examines the past and it implements well-intentioned but ineffective interventions that [...]
HR 4085: Student Veteran Empowerment Act of 2019
We are grateful to the GOP leadership of the House Veterans Affairs Committee for this excellent bill, which: Helps solve the problem of GI Bill overpayments by requiring monthly enrollment verification; Ensures that "deemed approved" [...]
Military.com: Why Aren’t More Vets Applying to Get GI Bill Restored?
"Carrie Wofford, president of Veterans Education Success, is grateful for the VA’s efforts, but concerned about the response rate. She said some veterans may not be applying simply because they’re not opening mail from the [...]
Mercury News: Thousands of Former Corinthian Colleges Students Win Debt Relief
Approximately 13,000 Californians who attended now-defunct Corinthian Colleges will see some $51 million in debt relief as part of a settlement finalized Monday between the private equity firm Aequitas Capital Management and the state’s attorney general, [...]
Indiana Governor Mike Pence Letter to VA Secretary Calling for Reinstatement of GI Bill for Veterans at ITT Technical Institutes
As Governor of Indiana, Mike Pence sent a letter to the VA Secretary urging reinstatement of GI Bill for veterans at ITT Tech when it suddenly shuttered.
Andi and Lachelle were in the middle of classes when their school closed leaving them without a degree and new school to transfer to. Today they met w/ Congress and @DeptVetAffairs to talk about what needs to change to help others like them. #VetsEdSuccess pic.twitter.com/slvMgQQsaw
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) May 15, 2019
Thank you @RepMikeLevin & @DrPhilRoe for meeting w/ Andi and Lachelle today to hear their stories and discuss ways we can improve the #GIBill and support students when colleges abruptly close! #VetsEdSuccess #GIBillRights pic.twitter.com/aWbdN1VjZF
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) May 15, 2019
Student #veteran Lachelle Griffin spoke on a Capitol Hill panel today to share her experience at #4profit Virginia College when it suddenly closed. #closedschools
Read her testimony here: https://t.co/XlhOGpPTUM pic.twitter.com/vLlMVwG6tv
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) May 16, 2019
Today’s hearing was postponed but that didn’t stop @DeptVetAffairs from spending time w/ Lachelle and Andi to learn their stories and how we can improve the #GIBill for all veterans. We held an impromptu meeting in the Capitol Lobby! #VetsEdSuccess #GIBillRights pic.twitter.com/ruoCSwhhL2
— Veterans Education Success (@GIBillRights) May 15, 2019