House Passes Guard & Reserve GI Bill Parity Act
The US House of Representatives recently passed the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2021 (H.R.1836). The US Senate will soon vote on the Bill to amend title…
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Independent Student Status For Reservists
Thanks to the Post-9/11 GI Bill, many members of our military have had the doors of higher education opened to them. This has helped our Veterans climb social and economic…
Full G.I. Bill Benefits for the National Guard
Yesterday, our nation celebrated the National Guard's 385 years of service to the American people. Despite being older than the Constitution itself, this service branch does not always receive the…
University Shoutout: University of Texas at Austin!
The Veterans Education Project recognizes the University of Texas at Austin and its Veteran and Military Affiliated Services office for its service to our Nation’s military-affiliated student population. UT Austin…
Full BAH Benefits for Student Veterans in Online Programs
The proliferation of online learning has provided a tremendous advance in educational opportunities for Student Veterans. Due to the competing responsibilities of careers and family, online classes provide the flexibility…
Our Public Comments on Changes to the 90-10 Rule
On October 27th, we had the opportunity to provide public comment to the Department of Education regarding the 90/10 Rule. We restated key findings from our research published earlier this…
Policymakers Want to Make it Harder for Veterans to Succeed
Congressman Bobby Scott, a Democrat representing Virginia's 3rd Congressional District recognizes, as others do, that there is an impending skilled labor shortage that will affect the entire workforce. Unfortunately, those…
Our Letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee
This week, we sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory Committee to highlight three points of concern for Congress and VA to consider: troubling changes to…
Supporting our County Veteran Service Officers
VEP has been a long-time advocate for Student Veterans, ensuring that they are guaranteed all that has been promised to them. However, our work hits a bottleneck if Veterans are…
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program came into being on October 1st, 2007. The federal Department of Education (ED) operated this program with the ambition of encouraging significantly more…