America Online Goes Back to School with Online Classes and Academic
Resources

Homework Help, School Supplies, Reference Materials, Financial Aid
Information, and Extra Curricular Activities Are All as Close as the
Family Computer

AOL Announces Partnership with U.C. Berkeley to Offer Accredited Courses
Online Later This Year

Vienna, VA, August 29, 1995 -- America Online, Inc. announced today that it
has launched a special Back to School area that features a sampling of
resources from all over AOL. Members can access the area within the
Education Channel or at Keyword: School.

"The popularity of our Education Channel has more than tripled since its
inception and we are really pleased to offer members an even broader
selection of interactive features to chose from," says Ted Leonsis,
President of America Online Services Company, citing the company's
critically acclaimed Academic Assistance Center, Homework Help Room,
Teacher Pager Service, and the Computing and Software Support Center.

In AOL's Back to School area, the newly re-designed Compton's NewMedia
forum leads the way, with an especially sharp presentation of the best
reference resource in cyberspace. NetNoir presents a collection of
articles that provides help and information on black colleges. RSP Funding
is a one-stop online resource center for Financial Aid information. AOL's
Travel Channel picks out some travel bargains. And the AOL Marketplace
presents school supplies from vendors such as OfficeMax Online and Global
Plaza. Kids can create their own virtual "apple" and enter it into the
Family Computing Forum's "An Apple for the Teacher" contest.
Back-to-Schoolers may also want to visit Kaplan Online, read the latest
edition of the Princeton Review, check out the online campus recipe
collection, read an informative article by an animal behaviorist about the
end-of-summer separation anxiety experienced by dogs when the kids go back
to school, or jump right into the spirit of the season by registering for
a class at AOL's Online Campus. Keyword: classes.

The Online Campus offers AOL members an opportunity to register for
hundreds of new online classes ranging from special interest topics such
as healthy eating and professional development, to traditional disciplines
such as foreign languages, computer science, math, history and art.
Members will also be able to participate in a free, eight week AOL
introductory course in which they will learn how to navigate the service,
compose email off-line, and how to use America Online for research and
reference as well as entertainment. The course, taught by a computer
software support specialist, will be held in Center Stage on AOL. The
first session of the free class meets on Sunday, September 17, from
2:30-3:30 PM EDT in the Coliseum.

Registration for all courses will begin on August 28th and run through
September 6th. Classes will begin September 11th, with both four and eight
week courses available for $25 each and $40 each, respectively. To
register for classes, AOL members should go to Keyword: Register.

America Online also announced today that is has formed a partnership with
the University of California at Berkeley, one of the most prestigious
schools in the nation and a university at the forefront of technology, to
offer accredited courses and lectures on America Online later this year. A
schedule of classes and registration information will be available online
in the coming months.

America Online has a wealth of resources to offer students of all ages,
parents, and educators, including online reference tools, real time
homework help, and forums on special needs children, gifted children, and
homeschooling. In response to its growing popularity, AOL is diligently
working to expand its Education Channel with new offerings and is a place
where members can continue their education through online courses or
through visits to the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, The National
Conservancy and other cultural and academic institutions available
online.

America Online, Inc., based in Vienna, VA (NASDAQ symbol: AMER) is the
largest and fastest growing provider of online services in the U.S. with
the most active subscriber base. AOL offers its 3 million subscribers a
wide variety of services, including electronic mail, conferencing
software, computing support, interactive magazines, and newspapers and
online classes as well as easy and affordable access to services of the
Internet. Founded in 1985, AOL has established strategic alliances with
dozens of companies, including Time Warner, ABC, Knight-Ridder, Tribune,
Hachette, IBM and American Express. Personal computer owners can obtain
America Online software at major retailers and bookstores, or by calling
800-827-6364.
 
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