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…
Policymakers Are Trying to Restrict Veteran Benefits
One of the biggest reasons many enlist in the Military and serve our country is for the benefits they’re promised. Education, housing, health insurance, etc. To take away or restrict…
BAH as a University Marketing Tool
Golden Gate University, a nonprofit university, with a mission “to change the lives of adult students through professional practice degrees and certifications,” (the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, 2019, p. 1),…
Our New Study: How Instructional Spending Policy Can Hurt The People it Aims to Protect
The Federal Government is a key financier in our nation’s higher education through various grants and loans. Consequently, there is a great deal of concern regarding the potential for fraud…
Pass the Camp Lejeune Justice Act Now
We have been calling on Congress to pass the Camp Lejeune Justice Act since April and we were proud to have bipartisan support, but time is running out for many…
Military Students and Online Colleges
by Paul Fain Lawmakers in Washington have been debating policy changes that could affect the education benefits of veterans of the U.S. military who attend online college programs. For example,…