Education & Transition

Everything service members and veterans need to know about getting an education, finding a job, starting a business and transitioning out of the military


  • For-profit schools targeted again over GI Bill payouts
    For-profit schools targeted again over GI Bill payouts

    Democratic senators are looking at new restrictions for federal funding at the potentially problematic schools.

  • Nevada to partner with nonprofit online college
    Nevada to partner with nonprofit online college

    Western Governors University offers degrees in business, teaching and information technology.

  • Cybersecurity degrees are job magnet
    Cybersecurity degrees are job magnet

    Cybersecurity is a competitive field with some of the highest paying jobs for veterans.

  • New hope for PT fails: No more automatic referrals
    New hope for PT fails: No more automatic referrals

    Failing a physical fitness test by the static closeout date will no longer mean an automatic referral under the new enlisted performance system, Brig. Gen. Brian Kelly, director of military force management policy, said at a June 12 briefing at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C.

  • Cody: EPR must reflect airmen’s performance
    Cody: EPR must reflect airmen’s performance

    Since he became the Air Force’s top enlisted man in January 2013, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody has been helping lead the charge to reform how enlisted airmen are evaluated and promoted. Now the final pieces are falling into place. Cody spoke exclusively to Air Force Times at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling…

  • Five questions: ESPY honoree Danielle Green
    Five questions: ESPY honoree Danielle Green

    The former Notre Dame star and wounded Army veteran will be honored next month with the Pat Tillman Award for Service.

  • ESPYs to honor basketball star turned wounded warrior
    ESPYs to honor basketball star turned wounded warrior

    Danielle Green, who played at Notre Dame and served in Iraq, will receive the Pat Tillman Award for Service.

  • Top destinations for post-military life — new rankings
    Top destinations for post-military life — new rankings

    For our first-ever Best for Vets: Places to Live feature, we considered the sorts of military- and veteran-specific culture and services that can lead city vet populations to swell into six figures, as well as economics and livability factors, such as traffic and crime.

  • Methodology | Best for Vets: Places to Live 2015
    Methodology | Best for Vets: Places to Live 2015

    For the first-ever Best for Vets review of places for veterans to live after separating from the military, we considered 577 places as designated by the Census Bureau.

  • Eyeing Tesla, college offers 4-year degree in logistics
    Eyeing Tesla, college offers 4-year degree in logistics

    The state Board of Regents on Friday approved the Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Logistics Operations Management as well as a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Emergency Management Homeland Security — Public Safety.