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Business Wire - October 2, 2000

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000

KaplanCollege.com, a leading provider of online education for working professionals, and BrassRing.com, a leading technology information and career portal, have joined forces to launch a co-branded Web Site combining the best of both companies. The partnership enables BrassRing.com visitors to easily access KaplanCollege.com's School of Information Technology where they will find hundreds of online courses and degree programs that can help them upgrade their information technology, business and management skills for a career in IT or any business environment. In turn, KaplanCollege.com students will have easy access to BrassRing.com's tremendous database of more than 60,000 technology jobs as well as BrassRing.com's Technology Information Center, a premier source of high-tech industry information. The site is available at http://brassring.kaplancollege.com.

"Employers are demonstrating an increased demand for candidates who are skilled in information technology skills", said Bill Rosenthal, President of KaplanCollege.com. "We are delighted that through our partnership with BrassRing.com, job seekers in the high-tech industry will be exposed to the hundreds of online degree granting programs, certificates and courses that we offer in information technology, business and management, which can give professionals a competitive advantage in today's marketplace."

Students can earn several online degrees and certificates including a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Management degree program, an Associate of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, Microsoft(R) Solution Developer (MSD) Certificate Program, Microsoft(R) Network Engineer Certificate Program, and Microsoft(R) Database Administrator (MDA) Certificate Program. Programs are offered in affiliation with Quest College & Hamilton College, a unit of Kaplan, Inc. Quest and Hamilton Colleges are accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA). In addition, KaplanCollege.com offers hundreds of courses and degree programs in the areas of business, criminal justice, education, law, nursing and paralegal studies.

BrassRing.com provides technology professionals with an array of tools and services, including articles, news, stock quotes, company profiles, and over 62,000 of the latest job listings in the technology industry.

"In the Information Technology world, your value is determined by your current skills," explained James Sale, Executive Vice President of BrassRing.com. "Since career development is so closely tied to career success in IT, it made perfect sense to join forces with KaplanCollege.com. Now, site visitors can take advantage of the online educational opportunities provided by KaplanCollege.com, and the comprehensive career and job tools of BrassRing.com."

About KaplanCollege.com

Launched in April 2000, KaplanCollege.com is a leading provider of online education for working professionals who want to advance their careers. Learners at KaplanCollege.com can find nearly 500 online professional development and continuing education courses, as well as certificate and degree programs. Programs are available in Nursing, Criminal Justice, Law, Paralegal Studies, Business and Information Technology. KaplanCollege.com also includes Concord University School of Law, the nation's first online law school, and already the nation's second largest part-time law school. To date, more than 4,000 students have enrolled in KaplanCollege.com courses, and more than 500 students are enrolled in Concord Law School. KaplanCollege.com is a division of Kaplan, Inc.(www.kaplan.com), a premier provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses, and a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO).

About BrassRing.com and BrassRing Inc.

BrassRing.com is a leading technology information and career portal, bringing together a wealth of resources for high-tech professionals. The portal contains cutting-edge information, with more than 610,000 articles related to technology and careers, as well as one of the Web's largest job databases, listing over 60,000 openings. (http://www.BrassRing.com)

BrassRing Inc. is a leading provider of integrated recruiting and hiring management solutions designed to help companies hire better people faster. Created in September 1999 through the combination of several leading recruiting and hiring management firms, BrassRing Inc. consists of BrassRing Systems, a leading provider of web-based hiring management solutions; BrassRing.com, a leading technology information and career portal; BrassRing Career Events, a leading sponsor of technology career fairs in North America and Europe; and BrassRing Campus, a leading provider of software and services that manage entry-level recruiting from university and MBA programs. BrassRing Inc. is owned by The Washington Post Company, Tribune Company, Gannett Co., Inc., and Accel Partners.

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