Additional Tools And Programs

Onward to Opportunity
Onward to Opportunity, formerly known as the Veterans Career Transition Program, is a free, comprehensive career skills program that provides civilian career training, professional certifications and job placement support to transitioning service members, members of the selected reserves, veterans and military spouses. O2O partners with private sector companies committed to training and hiring military talent and their spouses earlier in the transition process.

The College Financing Plan
The College Financing Plan is a tool that assists prospective students in understanding the total costs of attendance. The site factors in tuition, fees, housing, meals, books and supplies, transportation, other education costs, grants and scholarships, work-study possibilities, student loans, military education benefits, and other potential factors.

Registered Apprenticeship and On-the-Job Training
Employer-sponsored registered apprenticeship (RA) and on-the-job training programs provide a unique opportunity to earn full-time wages, collect GI Bill benefits and attain a nationally recognized credential in over 1,300 officially recognized occupations. Key RA industries include aerospace, biotechnology, construction, energy, geospatial, healthcare, information and communications technology, advanced manufacturing, and transportation and logistics.

Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. Free of charge.

OASC and CPST
Online Academic Skills Course (OASC) and College Placement Skills Training (CPST) are available to Service members, DoD civilians and family members to help prepare for college, build academic skills, and prepare for exams such as CLEP or DSST.

Federal Academic Alliance
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management partnered with several colleges and universities to provide additional learning opportunities to the federal workforce (including military personnel) by arranging reduced tuition rates.

Coursera
Coursera is an education company that partners with the top universities and organizations in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, FOR FREE. Technology enables Coursera's partners to teach millions of students rather than hundreds. 

Massive Open Online Course
MOOCs provide traditional course materials such as filmed lectures, readings and problem sets, as well as providing interactive user forums to support community interactions between students, professors and teaching assistants. MOOCs can especially be useful when preparing for CLEP and DSST exams.

Modern States Education Alliance
Through MSEA Soldiers can earn college credit by taking free online college prep courses and a corresponding CLEP exam at no cost at a nearby National Test Center (NTC). 

Class Central
Class Central aggregates courses from over 3,000 universities, providers, and institutions to help you find the best courses on almost any subject. You can use Class Central's to find courses in your topic of interest, read course descriptions and go through reviews to help you decide which courses to try. Use the filter to help refine the search by level, durations, language, and whether it's free or not, or you earn a free certification at the completion of the course.