there actually are very good for-profit colleges, but they are being drowned out by these large behemoths. president obama signed an executive order back in april aimed at at least part of these problems, deceptive recruiting, overly aggressive recruiting by schools. did that help at all? i think it is going to help. it did three important things, told all schools they need to report basic consumer information metrics. there s a lot of information coming out of the department of education, but really hard to sift through and doesn t help consumers very much. it also trade marks the phrase g.i. bill so these marketing websites and for-profit schools that want to create these deceptive websites can t use the phrase g.i. bill. most importantly, it allows veterans who were scammed by for-profit schools some way to not just complain, but to actually get some sort of redress. tom tarantino, chief policy
some way to not just complain, but to actually get a redress. tom tarantino, chief policy officer for iraq and afghanistan veteran with america, thanks for helping us to understand this tonight.
officer for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. tom, thanks for helping us understand this tonight. i appreciate it. thank you for having me, rachel. apologize and retract. those are two things perpetrators of irresponsible news stories ever do. i have a prime candidate for both of those things next. you have a plan? first we re gonna check our bags for free, thanks to our explorer card. then, the united club. my mother was so wrong about you. next, we get priority boarding on our flight i booked with miles. all because of the card. and me. okay, what s the plan? plan? mm-hmm. we re on vacation. this is no plan. really? [ male announcer ] the united mileageplus explorer card. the mileage card with special perks on united. get it and you re in. something to me that nobody else could do
for-profit school, what we get for our extra money is a lower graduation rate, higher student loan default rate, and a whole lot of profit to make sure these marketing machines are very, very, very well politically connected. joining us now is tom tarantino, chief policy officer for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, which is a non-partisan organization i support. tom, thank you very much for being here. appreciate your time. thanks for having me, rachel. is it your experience as a veteran and working with vets that post-9/11 veterans are specifically being targeted by for-profit schools? absolutely. this is largely because of loopholes created before the g.i. bill actually existed that classified the g.i. bill as private funding. we have controls on for-profit schools so they don t abuse the system, so they have some element of free market control
out what this announcement could possibly be. at that point jon huntsman s campaign was not a joke. he was still seen as a potential contender in the race. political reporters flocked to florida where this major announcement was set to take place, and then this was it. people like jon huntsman, i believe, are the best person for the job. to begin with i would say that his resume and experience, in my opinion, is just far better than any other candidates in the race. who s that guy? that guy, it turns out, was the jon huntsman major announcement. the big deal in florida a year ago today was that jon huntsman locked up the endorsement of bush. not that one. actually not that one either. nope. try again. one more. yes, that one. jeb bush jr. the promised major announcement from the jon huntsman for president campaign was announced by george w. bush s brother s son who has never held public office. that is called defining down the term major announcement. a short while late