SANTA CLARA, Calif., and
BOSTON, June 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Chegg (NYSE:CHGG),
the Smarter Way to Student, and Cengage, an education and
technology company, today announced plans to incorporate on-demand
expert tutors for students in STEM (science, technology,
engineering and math) disciplines. Chegg Tutors, a network of
online, on-demand live human vetted expert tutors, will be directly
accessible to all students using WebAssign, an online assessment
and homework solution.
Beginning this fall, students using WebAssign will be provided
with 30 minutes of free 1 on 1 instruction through Chegg Tutors,
with the additional option to continue their learning at a
student-first, affordable, pricepoint (as inexpensive as
$0.50 per minute)*.
"Through this partnership, the 1.6 million students that will
use WebAssign in 2017 and 2018 will have frictionless, rapid,
access to a Chegg Tutor: a live, vetted, human subject matter
expert available to coach that student through even the most
challenging concepts," said Nathan
Schultz, Chegg's Chief Learning Officer. "We've chosen to
partner with Cengage because of our shared commitment to improving
academic outcomes by leveraging the technologies and tools that
modern students demand and expect."
"At Cengage, we are focused on improving learning outcomes
through increased digital usage," said Balraj Kalsi, Senior Vice President and General
Manager of Science, Technology and Math at Cengage. "In partnering
with Chegg, we are providing a convenient, on-demand support option
from within the WebAssign platform, to boost student confidence as
they work through difficult concepts."
*Offer available to new Chegg Tutors users. Additional
terms and conditions apply. For more information visit
www.chegg.com/tutors or email pr@chegg.com.
About Chegg
Chegg puts students first. As the leading student-first
connected learning platform, Chegg strives to improve the overall
return on investment in education by helping students learn more in
less time and at a lower cost. Chegg is a publicly-held company
based in Santa Clara, California,
and trades on the NYSE under the symbol CHGG. For more information,
visit www.chegg.com
About Cengage
Cengage is the education and technology company built for
learners. The company serves the higher education, K-12,
professional, library and workforce training markets worldwide.
Cengage creates learning experiences that build confidence and
momentum toward the future students want. The company is
headquartered in Boston, MA with
an office hub in San Francisco.
Employees reside in nearly 40 countries with sales in more than 125
countries around the world. Visit us at www.cengage.com or find us
on Facebook or Twitter.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
This press release may be deemed to contain forward-looking
statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including that
Chegg anticipates that students using WebAssign will have access to
30 free minutes with Chegg Tutors. Therefore, actual results,
performance or achievements may differ materially and adversely
from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. For
information regarding other related risks, see the "Risk Factors"
section of Chegg's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended March 31, 2017 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on
May 1, 2017, and Chegg's other SEC
filings. You can obtain copies of Chegg's SEC filings on the SEC's
website at www.sec.gov or at Chegg's Investor Relations website at
investor.chegg.com. The forward-looking statements included herein
are made only as of the date hereof, and Chegg undertakes an
obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for
any reason except as required by law.
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