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NDC Executive Director Discusses How Biased Regulation Hurts Military and Veteran Students
Last month, National Defense Committee executive director Bob Carey participated in a forum hosted by Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE). The event highlighted the negative impacts of the U.S. Department of Education’s selective regulation against career-education institutions and distance learning…
Op-Ed: Regulators’ Disdain for Alternative Higher Education Options Hurts Veterans
Military members’ and veterans’ education benefits are not grants from the federal government; they are earned benefit payments in exchange for services rendered, National Defense Committee executive director Bob Carey writes in the Odgen Standard-Examiner. But the U.S. Department of…
Bob Carey in Stars & Stripes: Healthy SNAP Act ‘Infantilizes’ Service Members
The government’s distrust of military members to make the best decisions for themselves and its pervasive attitude of condescending paternalism contributes to the military’s recruiting and retention crisis. Case in point: The Healthy SNAP Act of 2023, which was introduced…
National Defense Committee Statement on Gainful Employment Deadline Extension by Education Department
The National Defense Committee released the following statement after the Department of Education announced an extension of the reporting deadline for its Gainful Employment and Financial Transparency regulations: “The Department of Education has finally demonstrated some common sense by delaying the reporting…
Veterans Unwelcome at Some “Elite” Four-Year Colleges
Compliant members of Congress and government officials, upon whom traditional four-year universities lavish millions in political campaign contributions and lobbying support, seem only too willing to perpetuate a false narrative against career colleges. The problem is the traditional liberal arts…
Carey to Negotiated Rulemaking: Student Loan Forgiveness Hurts Veterans, Military Members
Rule changes proposed by the Biden Administration to expand the Department of Education’s authority to discharge student loan debt presents a “dangerous moral hazard” and would exacerbate the military’s recruiting and retention crisis, NDC executive director Bob Carey told negotiators…
