January 17, 2020 | Volume 51, Number 2
There is an unsettledness about the K-12 and higher education instructional materials industry reflecting the disruption in the school and college markets in the U.S.In schools, ...
U.S. Higher education revenue at Pearson (London/New York), which accounts for 24% of company revenue, decreased just under 12% in 2019 with prospects for continued decline in 2020, ...
Pearson (London/New York), which made several changes as 2019 came to a close, including the announced pending retirement of chief executive John Fallon, continued in early January to ...
While the U.S. market for instructional materials—particularly at the college level—has been problematic for publishers, international markets have their own idiosyncrasies. Most ...
Cengage (Boston) will offer an etextbook option in Cengage Unlimited that gives students access to more than 14,000 ebooks, study tools and more for $69.99 a semester, beginning in ...
Reflecting the changing market demand and industry needs, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services (Dayton, OH) in January changed its name to Westchester Education Services. A division of ...
EM tracked 13 acquisitions and mergers in the first half of 2019 and another 10 in the second half of the year. As 2020 gets under way, there have been two more acquisitions and the ...
Higher education software and services provider Ellucian (Reston, VA) in January named Stephen Laster as chief product officer. As CPO, Laster joins Ellucian’s executive team to lead ...
Professional learning provider Better Lesson (Cambridge, MA) in December raised $2 million from four investors, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange ...
John Wiley & Sons (Hoboken, NJ) in January launched Knewton Alta Calculus, a fully-digital, mastery-based adaptive learning product. Built on Knewton Alta, this is the first new ...
