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VCampus and United Airlines Offer Online Learning Program to Furloughed UAL Employees

Business Wire, Nov 5, 2001

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

RESTON, Va. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001

Classes Will Be Free for First 90 Days to Help Affected Employees

and their Families Build Computer Skills

VCampus(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: VCMP), the leading provider of end-to-end, web-based e-Learning solutions, and United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) are teaming to offer free computer skills courses to the UAL employees who were affected by the company's reduction in force.

Thirty-two courses are being offered on a specially developed online campus to the furloughed United employees and their families at no cost for 90 days. These employees and their families can then continue to take courses for a nominal fee. The campus is accessible to the former employees by direct link from United's web site.

"Our goal is to be as helpful as we can during this painful process for all of our current and former employees," said Bill Hobgood, Senior Vice President-Human Resources at United Airlines. "Because e-Learning provides education anytime, anywhere, we felt this would be an ideal resource for a wide spectrum of employees affected by our reduction in workforce."

"We are proud to work with United Airlines as it launches this program to provide continuing assistance to employees and families affected by the reduction in force," said Daniel Neal, President and CEO of VCampus. "We hope the classes will make these strenuous times a bit easier for these employees by helping them build important skills to advance their employment options."

About VCampus

VCampus(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: VCMP) is the leading provider of end-to-end e-Learning solutions. The company develops, manages and hosts turnkey, web-based learning solutions for corporations, government agencies and higher education institutions. VCampus enables these organizations to offer complete global distance learning solutions to their customers, employees, distributors, suppliers and students. VCampus' e-Learning solutions are designed to help clients deliver higher education programs to adult students; improve the performance of their distribution channels and suppliers; measure and develop their employees' knowledge, skills and abilities; and increase their customers' satisfaction and loyalty. VCampus distributes a courseware library of more than 4,000 web-based courses and has delivered more than 2 million courses to over 500,000 adult learners. VCampus Corporation is headquartered in Reston, VA. For more information, call 800-915-9298, or visit the VCampus website at www.vcampus.com. "VCampus" is a registered trademark of VCampus Corporation.

About United Airlines

United Airlines offers nearly 1,700 flights a day on a route network that spans the globe. News releases and other information about United Airlines can be found at the company's website, www.united.com

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