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For the Students, By the Students: New College Ranking Methodology Relies on Student-Centric Data

Monday, August 16th, 2010

On August 11, 2010, Forbes.com unveiled its list of America’s Best Colleges, which ranks 500 public and private colleges and universities in the United States. In addition to the rankings, the 2010 list provides information on the location, cost, and total student population of the colleges and universities. The Forbes’ list, compiled in conjunction with Dr. Richard Vedder, an economist at Ohio University and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, is based on student-centric data.

The five categories evaluated to compile the 2010 top colleges and universities list include:

• Student Satisfaction
Student evaluations of courses and professors, as posted on RateMyProfessors.com and MyPlan.com.

• Student Success After Graduation
Post-secondary success measured by data on graduates’ salaries, as recorded by Payscale.com, number of alumi listed in Who’s Who of America, and industry leaders who are the CEOs and Board of Directors of prominent companies.

• Student Debt
Analysis of four-year debt incurred by student borrowers and loan default rate.

• Student Retention and Graduation Rates
Each higher education institution’s first-year to sophomore year retention rate and actual number of students who graduate.

• Student-Won Awards
Tally of prestigious national awards won by students such as Fulbright scholarship, Rhodes Scholarship, and the Nobel Prize.
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Let’s Get Digital: Leading Publishers Sell Downloadable Ebooks for Students and Teachers at Examville

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Examville.com expands its Premium Publishers channel by adding thousands of digital titles for elementary school, middle school, high school, and college students and teachers.

August 13, 2010 — New York, NY, Examville.com (www.examville.com), the premier online education platform, expanded its Premium Publishers channel by adding thousands of digital titles for elementary school, middle school, high school, and college students and teachers published by leading publishers such as Scholastic, Nolo, Evan-Moor, Carson-Dellosa, Milliken and many others.

Premium Publishers’ downloadable digital content at Examville includes, among other things, study guides, test prep materials, skill-building and assessment documents, literature and math study aids, grammar and style exercises, puzzles, teacher’s guides and worksheets, teacher’s lesson plans, and much more, for a wide variety of users.

Examville’s Premium Publishers channel features “high-quality educational content to help students of all ages learn, improve and remain engaged, as well as ready-made documents for teachers to use in classrooms, all of which are available with just a click,” notes Shina Smith, a Communications Associate at Examville.

She adds, “the benefits of having thousands of digital documents available at your finger tips are numerous:”

• You can shop from anywhere, at anytime, with the click of a mouse.

• No need to pay additional shipping costs or wait for delivery in the mailbox. With a simple click, you can get instant delivery.

• You can store a great deal of material directly on your computer.

• You can access digital content from home, office, school or any other location with Internet connection.

• You can easily conduct searches on your digital content using electronic search options.

• You can be “green;” be environmentally conscious by printing only the materials you need once you have purchased content in electronic format.

• You can always get the documents you want because digital content is never out-of-stock.

“Premium Publishers feature allows publishers to increase their customer base by adding a new content distribution channel and leverage our platform to establish their brand globally,” said Nilanjan Sen, the Founder and CEO of Examville.

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ABOUT EXAMVILLE.COM (www.examville.com)
Examville is an online education platform where users can connect and interact with others from around the world. Our innovative platform creates an open, virtual meeting place that allows for learning without borders. Examville facilitates online user-to-user collaborative learning at an affordable cost. Examville’s reach goes beyond students and teachers. We also offer features for publishers, test prep/tutoring companies, corporations and other organizations to upgrade their services, products, and programs by using Examville’s cutting-edge technology. Be a part of Examville’s global learning community - learn, teach, share and connect.

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Downloading, Uploading, and Selling Your Documents at Examville are Easier than Ever Before

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Examville upgrades its “Study Aids” feature to make it more user-friendly. Now learners and educators can access and/or sell documents such as study guides, notes, outlines, summaries, PowerPoint presentations, lesson plans, review materials, past exams, and more with just a few clicks.

New York, NY, August 6, 2010 — Examville (www.examville.com), the premier online supplemental education platform, upgraded its “Study Aids” feature to make downloading, uploading, and/or selling documents easier than ever before.

“Examville is a one-stop site for quality educational content. Our simple, clean, user-friendly design makes it easy for users of all ages,” said Josh Leitzel, a front-end engineer at Examville.

The Study Aids feature allows students, teachers/professors, parents, adult learners, publishers, test-prep companies, and learning enthusiasts to do three things:

• Download study guides, past exams, class notes, review materials, PPTs, summaries, and more.

• Upload and share documents, outlines, notes, presentations, and more.

• Sell quality documents, study guides, lessons, and more online to thousands of users.

Searching for a type of study aid at Examville is easy. The user-uploaded documents are divided into categories such as Arts & Literature, Business, Information Technology, Languages, Mathematics, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Standardized Tests, with sub-categories, to help focus searches.

Documents can be uploaded and downloaded with a few simple clicks. An embedded document viewer allows users to see a portion of the study aids prior to downloading.

The Study Aids documents are either free or paid, which is determined by the user.

Examville.com has users from more than 160 countries. Whether for homework help, classroom preparation, standardized test prep, or skill-building, the downloadable study materials available at Examville are “great resources for those seeking elementary school, middle school, high school, and higher education/professional level content,” noted Nilanjan Sen, the Founder and CEO of Examville.

Other notable features on the Examville platform include Live Online Classes, Standardized Tests, Premium Publishers channel, TutorsOnline, and Q&A.

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ABOUT EXAMVILLE.COM (www.examville.com)
Examville is an online education platform where users can connect and interact with others from around the world. Our innovative platform creates an open, virtual meeting place that allows for learning without borders. Examville facilitates online user-to-user collaborative learning at an affordable cost. Examville’s reach goes beyond students and teachers. We also offer features for publishers, test prep/tutoring companies, corporations and other organizations to upgrade their services, products, and programs by using Examville’s cutting-edge technology. Be a part of Examville’s global learning community - learn, teach, share and connect.

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Examville.com Opens its Platform to Users – Unveils New Features For Students and Tutors to Learn, Teach, and Now Earn Money Anytime, from Anywhere

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Examville.com, the premier online supplemental education site, opens its platform to users with three new features that allow users to offer their services and/or documents alongside Examville’s offerings. Examville unveils Tutor Central Live™ where students post for help, tutors browse postings for free, connect with students and conduct live online tutorial sessions, without leaving the Examville site. The “Live Classes” section is now open to users to post their own classes and host live online sessions. Additionally, the NotesXchange™ feature allows users to buy and sell class notes and study guides.

New York, NY, January 26, 2010 — Examville.com (www.examville.com) has opened its platform to users. In addition to accessing online standardized practice tests with assessment, live online classes, downloadable study aids, and a Q&A section, Examville users can now learn, teach, and earn money.

Examville unveils its open platform to users in three new ways:

• Tutor Central Live™ is a one-of-a-kind marketplace for students seeking tutorial help to post, and tutors to browse postings and teach online extra-help classes, without leaving the Examville site;

• The “Live Classes” section now allows any user, an individual or a company, to host live online classes using Examville’s virtual classroom module;

• NotesXchange™ is a marketplace for users – whether professors, teachers, adult learners, or students — to buy and sell lecture/class notes, study guides, outlines, and personal notes on any subject.

Examville’s user-driven open platform is intuitive. No prior technical knowledge is necessary. To take advantage of the open platform from anywhere, Examville users simply need Internet accessible computers; webcams are optional.

“Our goal at Examville is to constantly assess our users’ needs and create new features to serve them better,” noted Nilanjan Sen, the Founder & CEO of Examville.com, LLC. He explained: “Opening up Examville’s platform to users with these three new features was the next logical step to facilitate social and collaborative learning.”


Online Tutoring at Examville
How Tutor Central Live™ Works
At Tutor Central Live, students and adult learners can post their tutorial needs (e.g., Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, Physics, Biology, English Grammar, etc.). Tutors can browse the postings, create profiles, submit their rates per session, and conduct one-on-one sessions. Examville’s Tutor Central Live™ has a one-of-a-kind set up where teachers, tutors, and teaching enthusiasts can visit the site and search for students by browsing the postings for free.

Multiple tutors may submit their rates to one post. “The idea is, unlike other websites, at Examville, students will have options both in terms of quality of instructors and fees charged for tutoring,” said Sen.

Sen emphasized, “Tutor Central Live™ is also unique in that the entire process — from posting for a tutor to hosting live online sessions — takes place on the Examville site.”

Online Live Classes at Examville
How Open Live Classes Work
Examville.com has opened its “Live Classes” platform to users to conduct their classes and courses online. Examville will now provide the technology to its users to teach on the platform. Teaching is easier than ever before. Teachers/Instructors/Tutors can conduct live online classes using Examville’s virtual classroom module anytime, from anywhere.

Opening the “Live Classes” feature to users allows teachers, tutors, and teaching enthusiasts to express their passion for teaching, as well as be entrepreneurs and make extra money. It is also a great opportunity for tutoring companies or continuing education institutions, to increase their revenues by bringing their services online. Because Examville is an open platform, institutions can use Examville’s ready-to-use technology under their own brand names.

NotesXchange at Examville
How NotesXchange™ Works
College lecture notes, class notes, guides, and outlines are valuable supplemental study aids. The NotesXchange™ feature allows users – whether a student, teacher, professor, or learning enthusiast — to sell their documents. Users can earn money by simply uploading their documents and selling them to others. The easy-to-use download feature for buying study documents opens up a world of resources for extra-help.

“It’s a great way for Examville.com users to not only make money but also learn from each other. Because our user-base is worldwide, everyone can tap into the wealth of resources that’s out there and learn with people from other countries,” said Sen.

For more information on Examville.com, please visit http//www.examville.com

About Examville.com (www.examville.com)
Examville is a global online education community where users can connect and interact with others from around the world. Our innovative platform creates an open, virtual meeting place that allows for learning without borders. Examville facilitates online user-to-user collaborative learning at an affordable cost. Examville’s reach goes beyond students and teachers. We also offer features for test preparation/tutoring companies, corporations and non-profit organizations to upgrade their services and programs online by using Examville’s cutting-edge technology. Be a part of Examville’s global learning community - learn, teach, share and connect!

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Examville.com Launches New Features to Make Test Preparation and Tutoring Affordable for Everyone

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Examville.com, a global online supplemental education platform, launched its new and improved site with enhanced features for social learning. Features such as live online classes and extra-help sessions, unlimited standardized practice tests, downloadable study aids, homework help and much more provide a highly affordable alternative to expensive educational extras.

New York, NY, Oct. 19, 2009 — Examville.com ( www.examville.com ), an open, online supplemental education platform, launched its site adding new features, which make collaborative and social learning easier than ever before.

The significant improvements include online live classes, an enhanced standardized practice test module and document sharing capabilities. Examville.com users, for the time, will be able to:

• Join live video and voice-enabled virtual classrooms with whiteboards.

• Interact in real-time with on-demand recording capabilities for online review classes and courses.
Live classes and extra-help sessions

• Use timed standardized tests and assessment module with capability to pause and resume tests at anytime. Standardized tests include SAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT and more.
Standardized Tests and Practice Questions

• Upload and download study aids and review materials on a variety of subjects such as Math, Sciences, Standardized Tests, Literature and much more.

• Post questions and receive guaranteed responses from Examville’s expert instructors in the Q&A section.

• Meet up with other high school students, college students, parents and teachers to socialize, share and keep up-to-date.

Examville’s upgraded collaborative learning tools are particularly relevant during tight economic times “as students increasingly demand expensive educational extras, such as private review sessions, test prep courses, study aids and individual tutors. Examville.com allows students of all backgrounds to have equal access to the same notes, review materials, tutoring and experienced teachers at low-cost,” offered N. Sen, Founder & CEO of Examville.com. He added, “education is expensive; Examville’s flexible and highly affordable subscription plans, starting at less than $5, provide a solution in today’s economic climate.”
“Unlike other web sites, our platform is multi-faceted, with the objective of lowering the costs of education,” said Sen.

While Examville creates content, it is a platform open to its users. For example, teachers and tutors from around the world or test prep/tutoring companies, under its own brand-name, can create their own classes, and host online sessions using the Examville platform. The benefits are access to thousands of potential students worldwide and ready-to-use technology. Similarly, anyone can upload and download review materials, notes and study aids.

Examville.com is user-friendly and designed to serve a broad array of users – from high school/college students, adult learners, teachers, parents to test-prep/tutoring companies looking to bring their content online.
Study Aids Section

Future plans include opening a “Marketplace,” where the Examville.com platform will provide a better way for teachers and students to find each other for tutoring sessions and exchanging study notes.
“Most online sites use a traditional teaching model where a teacher imparts knowledge to a student. I thought, ‘Why not combine the social and the educational dimensions and create a community so members could teach each other and learn together?’” commented Sen.

For more information on Examville.com, please visit http//www.examville.com

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About Examville.com (www.examville.com)
Examville is a global online education community where users can connect and interact with others from around the world. Our innovative platform creates an open, virtual meeting place that allows for learning without borders. Examville facilitates online user-to-user collaborative and social learning at an affordable cost. Examville’s reach goes beyond students, adult learners and teachers. We also offer features for test preparation/tutoring companies, corporations and non-profit organizations to upgrade their services and programs online by using Examville’s cutting-edge technology. Be a part of Examville’s global learning community - learn, teach, share and connect!

Contact: media (at) examville (dot) com

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