From my understanding, since I am no longer employed by my company, I can roll over my 401k to an IRA and then withdrawal hardships for education without penalty.
To make matters a little more complicated, I am no longer employed by my previous company; However, my company is still making contributions to my 401k for the next couple of years (because they place a profit sharing fund for the year prior. ie they will be contributing money into my 401k this august for profit sharing in 2014, and another smaller sum next august for profit sharing for the first couple of months in 2015).
