Quality of Education & Student Outcomes

Letter from Student Veterans of America and Veterans Education Success to Secretary DeVos on CARES Act Guidance

May 19, 2020 The Honorable Betsy DeVos Secretary of Education Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW Washington, DC 20202 Re: CARES Act Guidance and Military-Connected Students Dear Secretary DeVos: On behalf of veterans, service [...]

Comment from 50 Groups on Proposed Distance Education and Innovation Regulations

May 4, 2020 Mr. Gregory Martin U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Mail Stop 294-42 Washington, DC 20202. Re: Distance Education and Innovation, Docket ID number ED-2018-OPE-0076-0845 Submitted electronically via: http://regulations.gov Dear Mr. [...]

Comment from Five Higher Education Groups on Proposed NC-SARA Manual Modification

National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements President/CEO and Board of Directors 3005 Center Green Drive Suite 130 Boulder, Colorado 80301 April 28, 2020 Dear President Williams and Members of the Board: Re: Proposed NC-SARA [...]

Our Comment on the Department of Education’s Proposed Distance Education and Innovation Regulations

May 4, 2020 Gregory Martin U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue SW Mail Stop 294-42 Washington, DC 20202 Submitted via online portal Re: Distance Education and Innovation, Docket ID: ED-2018-OPE-0076-0845 Dear Mr. Martin: Thank [...]

Letter from 25 Organizations to Congress on COVID-19 and State Higher Education Support

April 27, 2020 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House U.S. House of Representatives H-232, The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives H-204, The Capitol Washington, [...]

42 Veterans and Military Organizations Request Senate Action on HR 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act

42 of the nation's leading veterans service organizations and military service organizations wrote the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to request its speedy passage of HR 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act, which cleared the House [...]

Our letter urging stronger accreditor oversight of colleges

Letter to the Office of Post Secondary Education About Proposed Rules for Accrediting Agencies.

37 Veterans and Military Service Organizations write Congress to share our priorities for Higher Education Act reauthorization

37 undersigned organizations representing the interests of more than 2 million military-connected current students in higher education, write to ensure that reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) increases college access and improves college completion [...]

Our recommendations to Senators regarding the needs of students of color

Student Borrowers of Color Response to Senators Doug Jones, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris & Catherine Cortez Masto February 15, 2019 Thank you for the opportunity to share our thoughts on the needs of student borrowers [...]

Free Credit Monitoring for Servicemembers

VES and other veterans and military service organizations write to US Federal Trade Commission regarding free credit monitoring for servicemembers

Our letter urging data-sharing between Ed Dept and VA

DOL Urged to Exercise Caution With Apprenticeship Programs

Letter urging the US Department of Labor to ensure adequate quality controls in apprenticeship programs approved for GI Bill

New York Times: Protect Veterans from Fraud

On January 1, 2020, the New York Times ran a full-page editorial by the Editorial Board featuring Veterans Education Success' work: "Nevertheless, a 2018 report from Veterans Education Success, a nonprofit that provides legal help [...]

Report from New America: “The Bermuda Triad: Where Accountability Goes to Die”

New America released a report detailing the role of the Triad (federal government, states, accreditors) in holding institutions of higher education accountable and provided recommendations for how to strengthen the Triad. Link here.

Georgetown Center on Education & the Workforce: A First Try at ROI: Ranking 4,500 Colleges

Using data from the expanded College Scorecard to rank 4,500 colleges and universities by return on investment, A First Try at ROI: Ranking 4,500 Colleges finds that bachelor's degrees from private colleges, on average, have higher [...]

Higher Learning Advocates: State by State Student Statistics

Joint Press Release: Veterans & Military Service Organizations Response to Sen. Alexander’s Higher Education Legislation

October 19, 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Tanya Ang | Vice President | (202) 838-5050 Lauren Augustine | Vice President of Government Relations (SVA) | (703) 772-9919 Barrett Y. Bogue | Senior Communication Advisor | [...]

Politico: How to fix education’s racial inequalities, one tweak at a time

PASADENA—Last fall, when introductory biology professors at Pasadena City College erased a rule banning late assignments or makeup exams, their colleagues joked that students would soon have imaginary grandmas perishing every weekend. In years past, [...]

House Veterans Chairman Takano’s statement on VA’s suspension of California SAA

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.) released the following statement after the Department of Veterans’ Affairs decided to break with the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education [...]

VA’s FOIA response re FTC referral for investigation of deceptive practices

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released the following documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act request regarding any VA referrals of schools to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for investigation [...]

Comstock’s Magazine: Lobbying Blitz Stymies California’s Crackdown on For-Profit Schools

Ramond Curtis, the state policy manager for the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said he felt outgunned. His group supported Assembly Bill 1343 by Asm. Susan Eggman, aimed at closing a loophole in federal law that [...]

TICAS Updated Gainful Employment Rule Fact Sheet (August 2019)

The Institute for College Access and Success published an updated "What to Know About the Gainful Employment Rule,"which worked to improve quality, lower costs, and save taxpayer money. The Trump Administration rescinded the rule on [...]

Our Oral Testimony July 17 House Veterans Economic Subcommittee Hearing on Proposed Legislation

Oral testimony of our Senior Advisor, retired Army Col. Robert Norton, who testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee's hearing on proposed legislation, including many bills we collaborated on to improve GI Bill college quality [...]

Our Written Testimony for July 17 House Veterans Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing on Proposed Legislation

Written testimony of our Senior Advisor, retired Army Col. Robert Norton, before the House Veterans Affairs Committee's hearing on proposed legislation, including many bills we collaborated on to improve GI Bill college quality and student [...]