Protect Students and Taxpayers is a coalition of organizations working on behalf of students, veterans, faculty
and staff, civil rights advocates, researchers and others concerned about unaffordable student debts and
predatory practices. The coalition strongly supports accountability provisions that offer college students
commonsense consumer protections. We oppose the delay, dismantling or weakening of policies that could
prevent taxpayer dollars being wasted, and we demand accountability for college programs that overcharge and
underdeliver. Through research, advocacy and litigation, we seek to improve transparency, oversight and
accountability in higher education and to address the disproportionate impact that predatory practices by
colleges have on students of color, low-income students and veterans.
Student Voices
Editorials
- How to Stop Schools That Prey on Veterans
The New York Times
March 30, 2021 - Goodbye to Betsy DeVos, who survived by accomplishing almost nothing
The Los Angeles Times
December 9, 2020 - Why is it so hard for Betsy DeVos to provide debt relief and loan forgiveness to students?
The Los Angeles Times
January 2, 2020
Recent Posts
- Gainful Employment: Using Data to Examine Potential Effects of a High School Earnings Threshold
- Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Support the Levin Amendment to the America COMPETES Act
- Coalition letter to US Department of Education on Actions in Response to Zovio, Inc.’s Fraud.
- What Will Happen If We Reinstate the Gainful Employment Rule?
- Protect Students and Taxpayers Coalition Letter on NACIQI Reviews and Processes
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a massive weight off the shoulders of Navy veteran Nicole Wilson from Akron.
At #NegReg, she testified on how Bryant & Stratton College left her with a poor education and deep in student loan debt:
https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-nicole-wilson-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a nearly $170K weight off the shoulders of Army #veteran Greg Engle from Orlando.
At #NegReg, he testified on how University fo Phoenix left him deep in student loan debt: https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-greg-engle-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a major weight off the shoulders of military spouse Carolyn Hix.
During #NegReg, she testified on how Blair College left her deep in student loan debt: https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-carolyn-hix-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a nearly $90,000 weight off the shoulders of Army #veteran Alphi Coleman from Los Angeles.
At #NegReg, she testified on how University fo Phoenix left her deep in student loan debt:
https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-alphi-coleman-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/
https://youtu.be/ouulp7EPm-w
Today’s @usedgov settlement is finally removing a $50,000 weight off the shoulders of US Army veteran Jarrod Thoma from Colorado Springs.
At #NegReg, he testified on how DeVry left him with a worthless piece of paper and deep in student loan debt:
https://vetsedsuccess.org/student-veteran-submission-jarrod-thoma-testimony-to-the-department-of-education/