Common Need, Inc.

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, United States of America – December 1, 2009 – CommonNeed has announced that Western Governors University has expanded it's relationship with CommonNeed to further develop features and functionality for it's Course of Study application.

Western Governors University (WGU), which offers online, competency-based degrees for education, business, IT and healthcare, has more than 14,000 students enrolled in all 50 states. Each student has a personalized academic action plan to proceed through their courses of study on self-directed, even rapidly accelerated paces. The Course of Study application helps these distance learners stay on track by providing access to learning resources and visibility of WGU Mentors to monitor progress.

"We are proud that WGU has expanded our relationship to further develop their Course of Study application and are excited to work with such a first class organization providing cutting edge tools to their learning community" said Glen A. Reece, Ph.D., CEO of CommonNeed

About Common Need, Inc.

CommonNeed (commonneed.com) develops and markets mission-critical enterprise integration and social learning software that enable the creation of custom learning environments. Our flagship product is the plugjam^® Platform. CommonNeed's clients include college, universities, schools, as well as other organizations looking to deliver education content. Founded in 2006, CommonNeed is focused on improving the ways people leverage technology to learn and providing developers with indispensable innovation so they too can advance the state-of-the art of learning. Common Need is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

About Western Governors University (WGU)

WGU is the only accredited online university in the U.S. offering competency-based degree programs. The private non-profit university has been a leader in online education for more than 10 years. WGU, now serving more than 14,000 students, was founded and is supported by 19 governors, as well as more than 20 leading corporations and foundations. They include corporations and foundations such as AT&T, BearingPoint, Dell, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, HCA, Microsoft, Oracle, Qwest, SunGard Higher Education, Sun Microsystems, and Zions Bank. WGU offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business, information technology, teacher education, and health professions, with students in all 50 states. More information is available at www.wgu.edu.

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