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
Our Statement for the Record on School Closures
Our statement for the record at a rescheduled US House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on the impact on veterans of mid-semester school closures.
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, [...]
The ITT Collapse: Lessons Learned and Dealing with Future Challenges
The seeds of ITT Tech’s collapse were decades in the making. Deregulation of the for-profit college industry certainly played a rise in enabling ITT’s increasing dependence on federal dollars, but corporate short-term thinking, greed, consumer [...]
Our Statement for the Record: Senate Hearing on Restoring GI Bill for Veterans at Closed Schools
Our statement for the record before the US Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs regarding legislation we proposed to restore GI Bill for veterans whose schools close.
The Corinthian Sale: Lessons Learned & Dealing With Future Challenges
The February 2015 sale of about half of Corinthian campuses to Zenith Education Group—a brand-new subsidiary of the student loan guaranty agency and debt collector ECMC—provides an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned and prepare [...]
MORE NEWS & INFO
Education Dept Order: ITT Educational Services Inc. must increase its financial cushion to $123.7 million from $79.7 million
Dear Mr. Modany, On August 19, 2014, ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ITT) was cited in a letter by the Department of Education (Department) for late submission of its annual compliance audits and financial statements.
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions: For Profit Higher Education: The Failure to Safeguard the Federal Investment and Ensure Student Success
Between June 2010 and July 2012, Senate HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin conducted an in-depth oversight investigation focusing exclusively on the for-profit sector of higher education. Theinvestigation was undertaken to better understand the enormous growth [...]
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