New Online Guide! The Internet Guide to Arts Programs in the USA

October 2006

The EI Group is pleased to introduce the 2007 Internet Guide to the Arts in the USA. This exclusively online guide will compile complete, authoritative and current information available on undergraduate and graduate arts programs including fine arts, visual arts, culinary arts, design, music, and much more.

Clients participating in the product have a detailed profile of their program featured on SchoolsintheUSA.com, and on GradSource.com, the source for graduate school information. The profile includes information about the school, its program, admissions and approximate expenses, as well as a direct web-link to the school’s website. Special entry fields, such as "Showcase Opportunities" and "Highlights" allow recruiters to promote their school’s unique facilities and special offerings to prospective students. The profile also includes an email address that is part of the Tracking Inquiry Program on Students (TIPS), which tracks student responses to the profile and generates recruitment information for clients.

Contact the EI Group to learn more about this great new recruiting opportunity, and visit SchoolsintheUSA.com and GradSource.com.

The EI Group Adds Public Affairs Guide to its Repertoire

September 2006

In response to the growing educational and career opportunities in the public affairs field, The EI Group has launched the Internet Guide to Public Administration and Policy Programs in the USA. This guide will build on the success of and complement our other graduate guides on GradSource.com.

Clients participating in the product have a detailed profile of their program featured on GradSource.com, the source for graduate school information. The profile includes an in-depth description of the program, including information about the school, its program, admissions and expenses, and what the school has to offer students as well as a link to the school's website and email address, where students can submit their contact information directly to the school. There are also areas for program highlights, research areas, and internship and career opportunities available to students.

You can learn more about this recruitment opportunity by contacting us today. You can also visit GradSource.com to explore the site where your school's profile will be featured.

New Website for Secondary Schools-SecondarySchoolsUSA.com

March 2005

EI has launched an exclusive and customized website promoting academically focused private and public secondary schools for domestic and international student recruitment. The new website is SecondarySchoolsUSA.com.

The new site targets American students and their parents who are searching for academically focused secondary schools to send their children to or because they are moving. The school database will include client profiles and a supplemental list searchable by public / private; boarding / day; and state. The resources section will link to articles and relevant online resources for students and parents. Articles will include the SSAT and ISEE test prep, finding and comparing secondary schools, admissions and applying to secondary school, and financial aid.

The featured profiles will include information on the school's curriculum, admission requirements, facilities and location. A student profile will also be included along with the school's extracurricular programs and college placement rate.

EI's international website for US schools, CollegesintheUSA.com, will also be used to attract international students and parents who are interested in sending their children to high school in the USA. From the CollegesintheUSA.com site, there will also a dedicated section on going to secondary school in the USA. The featured secondary school clients will appear on this site along with additional resources on going to high school in the USA.

Visit SecondarySchoolsUSA.com today or contact us for more information on how you can promote your school across the country and around the world!

Re-positioning CampusStarter.com and SchoolsinCanada.com

December 2004

Building on the success of CampusStarter.com and SchoolsinCanada.com and the unique needs of domestic and international students, EI has repositioned these two sites creating more targeted resources for students and clients alike:

• CampusStarter.com is now exclusively for domestic Canadian students who are searching for careers and postsecondary study opportunities. This website is enhanced by the companion magazine, Campus Starter, which is distributed free of charge to 250,000 high school students across the country.
   
• SchoolsinCanada.com is now exclusively for international students who want to study in Canada. This website is enhanced by our international guides to universities and colleges, English language programs and secondary schools, which are distributed around the world.

With our complete database of university and community college overviews, schools that advertise with EI are always featured at the top of our search results, providing them with more exposure to prospective students. The school search results page provides students with quick and easy access to our client's websites, profiles and inquiry system!

CampusStarter.com still provides all of the resources students need to choose a career and find the right school for them including over 900 career profiles, the Career Profiler personality test and our comprehensive scholarship database. The SchoolsinCanada.com website is more streamlined and focused, making it less confusing for international students to find information on schools.

Visit our sites today at www.CampusStarter.com or www.SchoolsinCanada.com, and feel free to contact us for more information on how you can promote your school at Canada's best sites for undergraduate education!

New Website for International Students-CollegesintheUSA.com

May 2004

To improve results for our US clients interested in recruiting international students, we launched a new customized and focused website called CollegesintheUSA.com. This website has been designed exclusively for international students and features US colleges and ESL programs that advertise in our International Guide to Studying in the USA.

CollegesintheUSA.com provides international students with a highly targeted resource that publishes in five key languages: Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese. The school search, information request system and relevant resources appear in the multiple languages and clients can have their school profile also appear in the language of their choice.

The CollegesintheUSA.com website is more streamlined and focused, making it less confusing for international students to find information on schools. It also provides easy access to our other featured schools in business, engineering, teaching and health, as well as our complete database of universities and 4 year colleges.

Visit CollegesintheUSA.com today or contact us for more information on how you can promote your school and ESL program around the world!

New CampusStarter.com & SchoolsinCanada.com Sites Go Live!

July 2002

Building on the success of CampusStarter.com and SchoolsinCanada.com, EI has updated the look, functionality and integration of these two sites creating a more comprehensive and informative resource for students while increasing the value to our clients!

In addition to logging onto www.CampusStarter.com or www.SchoolsinCanada.com directly, students can easily access both sites now with a common navigation system. Students only need to log onto one site to access a wealth of career resources and get connected with profiled institutions.

Our new sites provide students with everything they need to know about choosing a career and finding the right school for them. Plus, many new features have been added:

• Students can use the Compare Schools feature to compare key facts such as tuition and acceptance rate on up to three profiled schools at a time
• The StudentApps online application service will allow students to apply online to subscribing institutions starting this fall
• Improved online TIPS for collects additional student data for our profiled schools such as their high school name, graduation date and GPA
• The Budget Calculator helps students plan the financial costs associated with pursuing their postsecondary education
• A new Student Registration system will collect more student demographics and allow for more targeted communication to encourage repeat visitation
• Enhanced descriptions of over 1,000 careers will be updated on the site in September
• An expanded scholarship database for entrance scholarships will be updated on the site in September

With our complete database of university and community college overviews, schools that advertise with Campus Starter magazine and EI Academic guides are always featured at the top of our search results, providing them with more exposure to prospective students. And the new results page provides students with quick and easy access to school websites, school profiles, virtual tours, school inquiries and online applications!

Visit our sites today at www.CampusStarter.com or www.SchoolsinCanada.com, and feel free to contact us for more information on how you can promote your school at Canada’s best sites for undergraduate education!

GradSource.com Goes Live!

February 2002

GradSource.com - the web site for graduate students - is launched, providing not only a companion web site to EI's Grad Source magazine, but also a new portal to EI's graduate programs. The site is a comprehensive resource for both US and Canadian students who are interested in pursuing grad studies and their careers after graduation.

It contains a searchable database of the same articles published in the magazine and more. The site is regularly updated with timely articles on student issues like preparing for the GRE, picking a grad school, scholarships and financial aid, and career planning.

The site also includes a searchable database of more than 1,000 grad schools and 300 detailed profiles on grad programs on business, engineering, teaching, science, fine arts and health. Visitors to the site can register to receive regular e-newsletters on grad studies and access customized features such as the Resume Builder.

Check out www.GradSource.com today!

NCATE to Co-pulish EI's Guide to Teaching

September 2001

EI will be publishing the 2002 edition of it's Guide to Undergraduate & Graduate Teaching and Education Programs with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education(NCATE).

NCATE is the profession's mechanism to help establish high quality teacher preparation. Through the process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges and departments of education, NCATE works to make a difference in the quality of teaching and teacher preparation today, tomorrow, and for the next century.

This guide will feature in-depth profiles of teacher education programs for potential undergraduate and graduate students. As a companion to the print guide, the program profiles will be featured on EI's comprehensive school websites, SchoolsintheUSA.com for undergraduate programs, and GradEducation.com for graduate programs.

The updated editon of this guide will be available for January 2002.

Descubra Canada

New International Magazine for Mexican Students

June 2001

Building on the success of the EI - CECN co-published guides, we have launched an annual specialty magazine called Descruba Canada. This full colour, glossy magazine is aimed at Mexicans who are interested in visiting Canada for education and travel. The magazine highlights educational opportunities in Canada that can be combined with travel tours and visits to major attractions and events.

The magazine covers a range of articles according to three themes: Study in Canada, Live in Canada and Enjoy Canada. The editorial style of the features involves interviews with students and professionals from across the country. The features are combined with other content providing facts and stats on Canada. All editorial in the magazine is published in Spanish.

Descruba Canada will be distributed free-of-charge at the CEC Mexico student fairs in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterey being held in February 2002. Attendance at CECN Fairs last February grew again from the previous year: the Monterrey Fair had 5,460 visitors; the Mexico City Fair had 8,800 visitors; and Guadalajara had just over 7,500 visitors.

New Magazines for International Students

April 2000

Educational institutions in the US can now enhance their international recruitment efforts by taking advantage of EI Academic's new publication format. EI Academic's popular International Guide to English Programs in the USA and International Guide to 4-Year Colleges in the USA are now available in magazine format. Participating educational institutions will make their recruiting information more widely available to counselors, education advisors and students worldwide who will use this information to learn about educational opportunities in the USA and decide which programs best meet their needs.

The International Guide to English Programs in the USA and International Guide to 4-Year Colleges in the USA magazines are distributed around the globe to hundreds of educational centers, including USIS/Educational Advising Centers and Fulbright Commissions, Institute for International Education offices, international high schools and ESL centers.

EI Academic's targeted publications, audience-appropriate format and information, and international distribution allow educational institutions to easily extend the reach of their promotional materials to international markets.

New Guide to Executive Business Programs

Guide to EMBA & Development Programs in the USA

February 2001

Building on the success of EI's extensive series of business publications, the Guide to Executive MBA & Development Programs in the USA has been launched.

Catering to the corporate community and working professional, this guide will exclusively feature EMBA and executive development programs available at postsecondary institutions. The guide will provide in-depth two page profiles of EMBA and general management development programs, along with one page features of specialized executive development programs.

As a companion to the print guide, the EMBA and executive development profiles will be featured on EI's comprehensive business website, GraduateBusiness.com. Along with the profiles of masters and doctoral programs in the US and Canada, professionals will be able to search for EMBA and development programs.

The guide is being published in cooperation with the Executive MBA Council. The Council fosters excellence and innovation in EMBA programs in a globally competitive enviroment, and supports academic and program administrators in serving the educational needs of the diverse group of professionals who comprise its student population.

The inaugural edition of this guide will be available for January 2002.