School Accountability & Student Protections

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.

Our Letter to the Education Department Regarding its 2013 Strategic Plan

Our Letter to the Education Department Regarding its 2013 Strategic Plan

Military & Veteran Education Bill of Rights

A Bill of Rights for veterans and service members to rein in harmful practices while promoting educational success

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 [...]

Stars & Stripes: Let Protect VETS Act teach for-profit schools a lesson

Let Protect VETS Act teach for-profit schools a lesson by Mike Saunders I’ve seen a lot during my years in the Army and now working in veterans’ organizations for the past decade. I thought I’d [...]

Letter from Congress to VA regarding VA’s obligation to protect veterans from deceptive colleges

December 20, 2019 Dear Secretary Wilkie: We write today in the wake of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlements with for-profit Career Education Corporation (CEC) and University of Phoenix (UOP) for unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices.  [...]

Our Amicus Brief in the Montana Supreme Court re Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Veterans Education Success filed an amicus brief regarding the importance of Public Service Loan Forgiveness and opposing loan servicers’ active misrepresentations to students about Public Service Loan Forgiveness.  The case is Reavis v. Pennsylvania Higher [...]

Federal Judge Orders Owner of Dog Training School to Forfeit Assets from Fraud Scheme against GI Bill Benefits

"A federal judge ordered 48-year-old Bradley Lane Croft, owner of Universal K-9, Inc., to forfeit over one million dollars in assets derived from his scheme to defraud the federal government with respect to the use [...]

Military Times: Veterans Group Applauds FTC for Gaining $50 Million Settlement Plus $141 Million in Canceled Student Debt in University of Phoenix Deceptive Ad Case

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 [...]

NBC News: University of Phoenix Settlement “Drop in the Bucket” for Student Debt, Advocates Say

"Carrie Wofford, president of Veterans Education Success, called the settlement a 'really important step forward' in protecting veterans. 'The broader context of this case is for-profit colleges are incentivized by federal laws to target veterans,' [...]

PBS NewsHour & Hechinger Report: For-Profit Colleges that Get GI Bill Money Need More Oversight, Veterans Say

The VA has received at least 37 complaints about Ashford from GI Bill beneficiaries. An advocacy group called Veterans Education Success (VES) has collected 113 more from veterans and service members, many of which echo [...]

NBC News: University of Phoenix to Cancel $141 Million in Student Debt

"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 [...]

Air Force Times: Veterans Group Applauds FTC for Gaining $50 Million Settlement Plus $141 Million in Canceled Student Debt in University of Phoenix Deceptive Ad Case

"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 [...]

Forbes: University Of Phoenix Pays $191 Million For Deceiving Students

Carrie Wofford, president of Veterans Education Success, applauded the announcement and spoke to the findings. “The FTC’s findings should shock every patriotic American. Enough is enough. It's time to stop the fleecing of America’s veterans [...]

Washington Post: FTC reaches $191 million settlement with University of Phoenix in deceptive-advertising probe

“Enough is enough. It’s time to stop the fleecing of America’s veterans and service members by predatory colleges,” said Carrie Wofford, president of Veterans Education Success, an advocacy group. “We thank the FTC for its [...]