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ClassesUSA Signs Foundation Partner Agreement to Provide Continuing Education Classes to the eBay Community
New York, October 2001– ClassesUSA, Inc., a lifelong learning multi-media company, has signed an agreement with eBay, the World’s Online Marketplace™ to be a Preferred Provider of online and offline classes and learning events, offering eBay’s 34 million users the most comprehensive continuing education catalog on the Web.
Approximately 90 million adults participated in some form of continuing education this past year, making it the fastest growing education sector in the country. "Taking a class..." is the catch phrase motivating adults today. Through this partnership, eBay and ClassesUSA will assist lifelong learners in finding and registering for classes more efficiently.
ClassesUSA is currently working with leading national class providers including; University of Phoenix, Cardean University, Magellan.edu, 24/7 University, Sessions.edu, GeoLearning, and many more.
"We are excited to provide national leading class providers exposure to eBay’s community of 34 million registered users," said Jordon Keltz, COO, ClassesUSA, Inc. "The coming together of the ClassesUSA and eBay marketplaces solidifies our vision of helping America succeed through continuing education."
About
ClassesUSA
ClassesUSA (www.ClassesUSA.com) provides
multi-channel, lifelong learning media
products and services. These solutions
empower and aggregate both adult learners
and class providers through two distinct
properties: ClassesUSA.com and SUCCEED
Magazine. ClassesUSA targets the approximately
90 million adults who participated
in some form of continuing education
this past year and the 85,000 class
providers who supply classes.
About
eBay
eBay (www.ebay.com) is the world’s
online trading community. Founded
in 1995, eBay created a powerful marketplace
for the sale of goods and services
by a passionate community of individuals
and small businesses. On any given
day, there are millions of items listed
on the site across thousands of categories.
eBay enables trade on a local, national
and international basis with local
sites in 60 markets in the United
States and country-specific sites
in the Australia, Austria, Canada,
France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland and
the United Kingdom. With the acquisition
of Half.com in July 2000, eBay’s
community now benefits from a marketplace
combining traditional auction-style
trading and Half.com’s set-price
trading.