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Association services, namely, promoting the interests of
universities, academic institutions, non-profit
institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
corporations, educational professionals, teachers,
professors, and students, in the fields of education and
on-line education; promoting the services of others via a
global computer network; promoting collaboration within the
education and research institution communities to achieve
advances in the field of education, global access to on-line
education, and global access to higher education; promoting
the exchange of information and resources within the
education, research, and business communities to achieve
advances in the field of education, global access to on-line
education, and global access to higher education; business
consultation services in the fields of education, on-line
education, and electronic media; advertising services,
namely, promoting and marketing the goods and services of
others in the fields of education and electronic media;
marketing consulting services; providing assistance with
business management and planning in the fields of education,
on-line education, and electronic media; business monitoring
services, namely, providing on-line course traffic metrics
and statistics, user activity data, user click traffic,
website visit measurement data, and market trend data to
education partners for program optimization; business data
analytics services, namely, analysis of on-line course
usage, and educational market trends and actions; business
consultation in the field of data analytics and providing
reports for same; business consulting services pertaining to
demographic information of participating learners and
educational partner membership base; business data analysis,
namely, consulting services in the field of business data
analytics for educational institutions, education service
providers, corporate partners, and institutional partners;
organizing, maintaining, and promoting a business forum for
the exchange of information among universities, academic
institutions, non-profit institutions, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), corporations, and communities through
the use of a global computer network; providing business
information for the exchange of ideas and information
regarding on-line education platforms and on-line education
services via an internet website portal; providing business
and marketing analytics for education service providers and
corporate partners via an internet website portal; promoting
public interest and awareness in research and development
related to on-line education platforms, blended education
models, education methodologies, and distance learning;
promoting public awareness of initiatives, courses,
programs, and on-line services designed to optimize access
to higher education and career advancement programs on a
worldwide scale
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Providing financial assistance for education; providing
financial assistance for participation in educational
courses and programs; providing a financial assistance
program in the nature of providing a financial assistance
application process, financial assistance codes for use by
qualified participants, tuition reductions, tuition discount
benefits, and financial assistance benefits for use in
connection with on-line educational courses and programs;
providing information in the fields of education funding,
payment for education, and financial assistance for
education