School Accountability & Student Protections

Our Letter to VA to Improve Caution Flags

Caution Flags in GI Bill comparison tool help veterans avoid schools that are bad actors but more should be done. DOWNLOAD

Veterans, Military, Education, and Consumer Organizations Write to Education Department regarding New Student Complaint System

Public Comment to the Education Department on its Student Complaint System

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.

Veteran Organizations Thank DOD for Enforcing its Rules against University of Phoenix

National Organizations Thank Defense Department for Enforcing its Rules to Protect Service Members from Deceptive Recruiting    

Veterans, Military, Education, and Consumer Organizations Urge Education Department to Alert Consumers to Investigations of Colleges

Veteran Protection from Consumer Fraud

Veterans, Military, Education & Consumer Organizations Write to Education Secretary Requesting Action on Consumer Fraud

Our Public Comment on the Need for Gainful Employment Regulations

Veterans Education Success called for the Education Department to institute a strong Gainful Employment rule to protect students who are duped into extremely expensive, subpar educations. While the proposed rule is a good first step [...]

Public Comment by Veterans and Military Organizations on Deceptive Marketing by For-Profit Schools

Public Comment by Veterans & Military Organizations on the Massachusetts Attorney General's Proposed Regulations on Deceptive Marketing by For-Profit Schools

Public Comment by Veterans & Military Organizations Providing Suggestions for VA’s Student Complaint Intake System

Comment Tracking Number: 1jx-886m-6hff Public Comments regarding OMB Control No. 2900—NEW (Principles of Excellence Complaint System Intake) Filed Oct. 15, 2013 We applaud and thank VA for its work establishing the veterans’ student complaint system, [...]

Public Comment by Veteran and Military Organizations on DOD’s Tuition Assistance MOU

Public Comment by Veterans & Military Organizations Providing Suggestions to Defense Department on Tuition Assistance MOU

Coalition Letter to Obama Calling for Strong Gainful Employment Rules

A joint letter to President Obama addressing concerns that for-profit schools hurt, rather than help, veterans' chances of gainful employment after service.

PBS NewsHour: University of Phoenix agrees to $50M settlement over false ad claims

"The settlement was applauded by some education advocacy groups, including Veterans Education Success, which works to help military veterans. Carrie Wofford, the group's president, thanked the FTC for its work. “The FTC’s findings should shock [...]

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.

CBS News: After scrutiny, U.S. again forgiving student debt for disabled veterans

Mike Saunders, the legal director at Veterans Education Success, said he had been surprised to learn about the Education Department freeze, saying the advocacy group had been "under the impression that they were automatically forgiving [...]

Press Release: Veterans Education Success Praises Senator Alexander’s Support for Closing the 90-10 Loophole

For Immediate Release      Contacts:  Carrie Wofford, President | [email protected] (202) 838-5050 Veterans Education Success Praises Senator Alexander's Support for Closing the 90-10 Loophole Senator Alexander (R-TN) Announced His Support for the Protect VETS Act of [...]

Our Statement for the Record on Forever GI Bill Implementation Efforts for Nov. 19 HVAC Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearing

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON EXAMINING ONGOING FOREVER GI BILL IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2019 Chairman Levin, [...]

Press Release: Veterans Education Success Praises Bi-partisan Bill to Close 90-10 Loophole

For Immediate Release      Contacts:  Carrie Wofford, President | [email protected] (202) 838-5050 Veterans Education Success Praises Bi-partisan Bill to Close 90-10 Loophole Proposed legislation in the U.S. Senate will close the 90-10 loophole and remove the [...]

S. 2857: Bipartisan Protect Veterans’ Education and Taxpayer Spending Act of 2019

Introduced by Senators Carper (D-DE), Cassidy (R-LA), Lankford (R-OK), and Tester (D-MT) Bill text is available here

Inside Higher Ed: House Dems’ Vision for Higher Ed

"The College Affordability Act also would make the federal student loan program more generous for student borrowers....the bill has received endorsements from Third Way, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Veterans Education Success, the National Association [...]

Sierra Sun Times: U.S. Senators Introduce Congressional Effort to Overturn Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Rewritten Borrower Defense Rule

"Organizations supporting the resolution include...Veterans Education Success, The Education Trust, National Education Association, Project on Predatory Student Lending, National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low income clients), Third Way, Americans for Financial Reform, [...]

Top 10 Ways the New Borrower Defense Rule is Bad for Borrowers

The Institute for College Access & Success, National Consumer Law Center, and The Century Foundation released the following fact sheet describing the ways the new Borrower Defense rule is worse for borrowers than the 2016 [...]

Sacramento Bee: Veterans Affairs Moves to Strip California’s Power in Fight Over For-Profit Schools

“It’s hard to argue that the VA has the interests of veterans and taxpayers at heart when it allows things like Thomas Jefferson. Why would they rescind these actions?” said Walter Ochinko, research director for [...]

Our Oral Testimony on VA’s Debt Collection & GI Bill Overpayments

On Sept. 19, 2019, Veterans Education Success' Director of Military & Consumer Policy, Mike Saunders, testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, regarding GI Bill "overpayments" and VA's aggressive debt [...]