{"id":58081,"date":"2019-03-13T20:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/13\/this-for-profit-college-left-one-veteran-with-101000-in-debt-and-a-sketchy-degree-testimony\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:52:35","slug":"this-for-profit-college-left-one-veteran-with-101000-in-debt-and-a-sketchy-degree-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2019\/03\/13\/this-for-profit-college-left-one-veteran-with-101000-in-debt-and-a-sketchy-degree-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"This for-profit college left one veteran with $101,000 in debt and a sketchy degree: testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DeVry University promised Navy veteran Eric Luongo an education that would land him a good job in graphic design \u2014 and cost him nothing out-of-pocket, he told lawmakers. Instead, he ended up with a degree that employers didn\u2019t respect and more than $100,000 in student loan debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI never thought that I would be subject to the predatory acts that I experienced at DeVry,\u201d he told a panel of House lawmakers. \u201cI trusted that the people working within the educational system had my best interest in mind. No one ever thinks this will happen to them, but my story shows that it can happen to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luongo discussed his experiences with a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, where he was joined by education advocates and a for-profit college president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an emailed statement, DeVry declined to comment on Luongo\u2019s account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile DeVry cannot comment on an individual student situation due to privacy concerns, we assure you the experience described by Mr. Luongo does not reflect DeVry\u2019s practices, nor our commitment to our students,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luongo believes the school made him promises it couldn\u2019t keep and left him drowning in debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He spent four years in the Navy as a LAN administrator and communications officer, and after being honorably discharged in 2003, he decided to pursue a degree in web graphic design. In 2007, he enrolled in DeVry, after the school assured him that its graduates were making $80,000 or more a year in that field and that he could attend for free through his GI Bill and Pell Grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon graduation, Luongo found himself unable to land a job in web graphic design with his DeVry degree. And in June 2011, he said, he began getting letters saying he owed student loan money that he thought had been covered by grants and the GI Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He eventually racked up $101,000 in student loan debt, which he now has very little hope of paying back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also testifying before the panel were Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill.; Kevin Carey, New America\u2019s vice president of education policy and knowledge management; Robert Shireman, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation; and Marc Jerome, president of for-profit Monroe College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jerome objected to the use of the word \u201cpredatory\u201d to describe how all for-profit colleges operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said he shares the concerns that others expressed about the way certain for-profit colleges market themselves, but he also expressed his belief that the problems brought up by the rest of the panel also extend to private nonprofit and public universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAccountability and consumer protection should be extended to all institutions and all students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his testimony, Durbin emphasized two statistics: Though only 9 percent of U.S. high school graduates go to for-profit colleges, 34 percent of the country\u2019s student-loan defaults are from students who attend for-profit institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDiscouraged students leave schools with debt and not even a diploma,\u201d he said. \u201cThose that do end up with a diploma find that the inflated promises of eventual earnings don\u2019t materialize. Then they default on their loans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noting the failure of prominent for-profit institutions, including<a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/education\/2017\/08\/03\/vets-hurt-by-school-shutdowns-would-get-benefits-restored-under-new-forever-gi-bill-law\/\" target=_blank> ITT Tech<\/a> in 2016 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/12\/06\/another-for-profit-college-chain-popular-with-gi-bill-users-closes-suddenly\/\" target=_blank>Education Corporation of America system<\/a> in 2018, Durbin said that reforming how for-profit colleges operate has become a passion project for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you have ever sat down with one of these students and got a feeling for where they are in life after being defrauded by one of these college and universities, I think you\u2019d rise to the same level I am on this issue,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just not fair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., blasted the entire for-profit college industry for \u201ctargeting those who they deem particularly vulnerable,\u201d adding that \u201cthe Trump administration and [Education Secretary Betsy] DeVos have rushed to let these predatory programs off the hook.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She commended Jerome on his school but added that she believes Monroe College is an industry outlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re a drop of success and we applaud you for that,\u201d she said. \u201cBut it\u2019s in a bucket of failures of for-profit colleges that really hurt students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., had a very different perspective, saying that for-profit schools can \u201cserve populations that have barriers to higher education,\u201d particularly minorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA four-year degree right after high school doesn\u2019t fit every family or individual for a variety of reasons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for Luongo, he said he is now attending Medaille College \u2014 a private liberal arts school in Buffalo, N.Y. \u2014 and working full-time for the Department of Homeland Security as an immigration services assistant. 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