The VA says that Ashford students using the GI Bill may be SOL after August 16, 2017. This includes payments for housing assistance. For legal support, the VA mentions Veterans Education Success for legal support.
http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/news.asp
My sources tell me they have a "call center" in Arizona. Basically they rented a suite in an office building, but again, according to my sources, these Bridgepoint employees actually work from home.
Unidentified Analyst
Hi there Shaneen [indiscernible] report from Bloomberg News. Thanks for taking my question. Could you walk us through how the company ended up choosing the State of Arizona as its GI Bill licensing authority? I know that Ashford had a physical campus in State of Iowa and its corporate headquarters are in California, what’s your presence in Arizona? Why were Arizona officials receptive, can you shed some light on that?
Andrew Clark
I appreciate the question, but I'm not going to get into the specifics around the Arizona approval with you on this call other than to say that, the State of Arizona recognized our University's presence in the state and we really appreciate the effort but not any update but behind the university and recognizing us and approving us, so thanks for your question.
Unidentified Analyst
I appreciate that, what is presence in the state?
Andrew Clark
Again, I'm not going to get into the specifics with you on this call, but I would be happy to have our Vice President of Communications, Anna Davison followup with you, this is an Investor Call not a media call.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4090990-bridgepoint-educations-bpi-ceo-andrew-clark-q2-2017-results-earnings-call-transcript?part=single