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| 11.10.2024 | Perlego's Leap: A $20 Million Investment to Transform Education with AI | In the digital age, education is evolving. Perlego, a subscription-based digital library, is at the forefront of this transformation. Recently, it secured $20 million in funding, led by Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco. This investment ... |
| 08.10.2024 | Perlego raises $20M to scale up its edtech with AI | Perlego, a subscription-based digital library providing unlimited access to academic titles, has secured $20 million in the latest funding round led by former Tesco CEO, Sir Terry Leahy. ITHAKA, the company behind JSTOR, the digital library... |
| 29.08.2024 | Google Asks Court to Gut “Kitchen Sink” Lawsuit Claiming it Profits From Piracy | In a lawsuit filed at a New York federal court in June, leading textbook publishers including Cengage Learning, Macmillan Learning, Elsevier and McGraw Hill, accused Google of profiting from sales of infringing copies of their textbooks.
Ac... |
| 14.08.2024 | Popular Shadow Library ‘LibGen’ Breaks Down Amidst Legal Troubles | Library Genesis (LibGen) is one of the oldest shadow libraries on the Internet, offering free access to millions of books and academic papers people otherwise have to pay for.
The site’s origins reportedly trace back to the Soviet Union’s u... |
| 31.07.2024 | Cognizant Reports Second Quarter 2024 Results | Revenue of $4.9 billion, above the high end of our guidance range; sequentially increased 1.9%, or 2.1% in constant currency1
Operating margin of 14.6%, up from 11.8% in the second quarter of 2023, and Adjusted Operating Margin1 of 15.2%, w... |
| 10.06.2024 | Google “Profits From Pirated Textbooks” Publishers’ Lawsuit Claims | After years of criticism from rightsholders, punctuated by incremental but significant adjustments to limit the appearance of pirated content in search results, Google is no longer continuously painted as siding with the enemy.
Of course, G... |
| 03.04.2024 | Thorndike Press Introduces First-Ever Spanish-Language Youth Large Print Titles to Support English Language Learners | New Collection Helps Emerging Bilingual Students Develop Reading and Language Skills; Accessibility Diversity and Inclusivity Strengthens Classroom Instruction
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Public Library Association Confere... |
| 25.03.2024 | Excelling at Utilizing fraction bar in Numerical statements | Share
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Fraction bars, otherwise called division strips or part tiles, are significant apparatuses in the domain of math, especially in understanding and working with parts. These visual guides give a substantial portr... |
| 04.04.2023 | Opportunities and considerations for small businesses experimenting with ChatGPT | For the past few months, the tech -- and tech-adjacent -- world has been fascinated by ChatGPT. A generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that has been open for public use since late 2022, it’s designed to interact with humans to answe... |
| 22.02.2023 | Cengage Group Launches Dynamic New Solution to Close Skilled Labor Gaps and Expand Access to Quality Training | Ready to Hire from Cengage Work Brings Employers, Educators and Learners Together to Address Key Workforce Training and Talent Needs
BOSTON, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In the U.S. today there are more open jobs than qualified workers to ... |
| 01.02.2023 | The Digital Transformation of the Community College | Pie chart showing Faculty opinions on teaching techniques post-pandemic.
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The Digital Learning Pulse Survey from Bay View Analytics, Cengage, and partners, shows the extensive digital transformation among community college... |
| 07.12.2022 | New report from Pure Storage suggests sustainability is a top priority for companies globally
Sustainability from a cross-functional viewpoint
Using AI to manage data
Accelerating the journey towar... | Europe is currently in the midst of an energy crisis that shows no signs of letting up anytime soon, which would lead many to assume Europe, the Middle East and Africa might have more significant sustainability goals.
But that’s not what Pu... |
| 03.08.2022 | Gale and the Bodleian Libraries Continue to Support Asia-Pacific Research on Digital Humanities with Second Year of Fellowships | Fellows to Use the Centre for Digital Scholarship of the Bodleian Libraries to Access Gale Primary Sources and Gale Digital Scholar Lab to Advance Digital Humanities Research in the Asia-Pacific Region
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. and OXFORD, En... |
| 20.07.2022 | Shanghai University Acquires Gale Scholar to Support Digital Humanities Growth | Rare and Unique Primary Sources Expand Student and Faculty Access to Humanities and Social Sciences Research Materials
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. and SHANGHAI, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai University has acquired Gale Scholar from Ga... |
| 01.07.2021 | Three Cengage Products Win 2021 SIIA CODiE Awards | |
| 25.05.2021 | New Cengage Report Finds Recent College Graduates Feel Underqualified to Enter the Workforce | |
| 24.05.2021 | Cengage Announces Preliminary 2021 Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results; Digital-First Strategy Drives Growth in US Higher Education and Workforce Skills | |
| 12.05.2021 | Cengage Supports Colleges & Universities During Year of Pandemic Learning, Wins 'Top Customer Support Award' from Customer Relationship Management Institute | |
| 06.04.2021 | Cengage Offers Free Personal Finance Course for National Financial Literacy Month | |
| 25.02.2021 | Gale and Bodleian Libraries at University of Oxford Announce the Gale Scholar Asia Pacific, Digital Humanities Oxford Fellowships | FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bodleian Libraries and Gale, a Cengage Company, are delighted to announce the launch of the Gale Scholar Asia Pacific, Digital Humanities Oxford Fellowships program. Funded by Gale,... |
| 13.01.2021 | Cengage Appoints Alexandra Bernadotte and Dr. Michael L. Lomax to Board of Directors | |
| 12.11.2020 | Cengage Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results; Strong Financial Performance Driven by Growth in Digital Learning | |
| 19.10.2020 | Canada’s Knowledgehook raises $20M in Series A funding | Travis Ratnam, Arthur Lui, Lambo Jayapalan and James Francis founded Knowledgehook in 2016. The EdTech startup provides an all-inclusive artificial intelligence-driven mathematics learning platform to students. Its technology uses data to m... |
| 18.08.2020 | Cengage Collaborates with Online Learning Consortium (OLC) to Support Institutions Moving to Online and Hybrid Learning | |
| 24.03.2020 | Heroes Of The Pandemic: These Customer Service Stars Are Delivering Coronavirus Help | The heroes of the coronavirus pandemic are the doctors, nurses and paramedics working long hours at great risk of exposure. But there are also hundreds of thousands of unsung heroes offering coronavirus help. They're employed at textbook pu... |
| 01.05.2019 | Cengage, McGraw-Hill Agree to Merge to Become 2nd Biggest US Textbook Publisher | Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education plan to join forces in an all-stock merger. The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, would create the second-biggest U.S. textbook publisher if the deal is approved, with a combined valuation es... |
| 25.04.2019 | Paying to Turn in Homework? ASU Prof’s Viral Email Raises Questions About Online Textbook Model | Late last week, an economics professor at Arizona State University sent an email to students that quickly went viral arguing that he is being dismissed from the university because he refused to assign an online textbook that he says “requir... |
| 04.12.2017 | Cengage Learning offers textbooks on subscription service | “High costs are limiting too many students from being able to access and succeed in their learning,” said Michael Hansen, CEO, Cengage. “Students are either spending hundreds of dollars a year on materials, or else put off buying them altog... |
| 04.04.2017 | Who’s on the List of Most Popular Edtech Organizations and Jobs? | Every year, the EdSurge jobs board collects thousands of postings from companies, districts and nonprofits looking for new edtech talent. And while users are perusing the listings and indicating their interests with clicks, EdSurge gets to ... |
| 30.01.2017 | How Digital Textbooks, Tech-Friendly Furniture, and Better Data Are Boosting Engagement at Community Colleges | When Jenny Billings piloted a digital textbook class and saw an immediate increase in engagement and retention after just one semester, she thought it must be a fluke. That is, until she ran the pilot again and received the same results.
In... |
| 04.04.2016 | Six Ways to Land a Job in the Diverse and Crazy World of Edtech | Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’ve been reading EdSurge for years now. You’ve closely followed the rise of Khan Academy, the MOOCs, and every other hot education technology trend. And now you’re considering getting into edtech yourself... |
| 02.03.2016 | Cengage Continues Down Edtech Path, Unveils Remedial Math Software | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Education’s ongoing shift toward digital content and learning experiences has pushed entrenched textbook publishers to try to reinvent themselves as software companies.
Boston... |
| 31.10.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 10/31/15 | Cisco made multiple purchases; Intel acquired Saffron; Porch bought Fountain
IBM acquired technology and products from The Weather Company. While no financial terms of the deal were disclosed, a report in The Wall Street Journal has pegged ... |
| 28.09.2015 | Cengage Learning Acquires Learning Objects | Cengage Learning, a Boston, MA-based global education company, acquired Learning Objects, a Washington, D.C.-based education technology company.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Led by Derek Hamner, Chief Executive Officer, Learnin... |
| 26.09.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 9/26/15 | Google acqui-hired Oyster; 4chan was sold off; FanDuel bought AlphaDraft; Gartner acquired Capterra
Sterlite Technologies, a power & telecom products manufacturer, entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Elitecore Tec... |
| 02.01.2015 | How Big Data Will Transform Our Economy And Our Lives In 2015 | Deven Parekh Contributor
Editor’s note: Deven Parekh is a managing director at Insight Venture Partners where he manages investments in e-commerce, consumer Internet data, and application software businesses on a global basis.
The great Dan... |
| 02.01.2015 | How Big Data Will Transform Our Economy And Our Lives In 2015 | he great Danish physicist Niels Bohr once observed that “prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” Particularly in the ever-changing world of technology, today’s bold prediction is liable to prove tomorrow’s histor... |
| 10.09.2014 | Cengage Learning Partners with Flashnotes to Offer Student-Created Content; Will Lead Series B | Two Boston-area education companies announced a strategic partnership Wednesday, as well as some newfound funding. Textbook publisher Cengage Learning will be integrating Flashnotes into the company's immersive learning platform MindTap. Wi... |
| 04.08.2014 | As Book Prices Drop, Big Publishers Push Into Software and Edtech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Don’t look now, but textbook publishers are trying to become software companies. And tech startups are trying to outmaneuver these giants to win the future of educational cont... |
| 03.06.2014 | Pathbrite Sees $3.7M Funding |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, World's leading Portfolio Learning Platform, today announced investments totaling $3.7 million, led by Cengage Learning.
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| 03.06.2014 | Pathbrite Raises $3.7M in Funding | Pathbrite, a San Francisco, CA-based portfolio learning platform, raised $3.7m in funding.
The round was led by Cengage Learning, with participation from ACT and Serious Change.
The company intends to use the funds for expansion plans for 2... |
| 02.06.2014 | Pathbrite Gets $3.7M to Grow 'Portfolio Learning Platforms' | Pathbrite, a SF-based startup behind a “Portfolio Learning Platform,” has raised $3.7 million from some very peculiar investors. Leading the round is Cengage Learning, which just came out from bankruptcy after reaching an agreement to elimi... |
| 02.06.2014 | Pathbrite lands $3.7 million for digital portfolios for students | Pathbrite makes a tool that students can use to create web-based portfolios showing what they have learned. It seems to be working: More than 500 organizations, the vast majority of which are colleges, use Pathbrite to help their students c... |
| 09.04.2013 | Cengage Learning: Digitizing the World’s Libraries from SE Michigan | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
How many of us in Detroit are aware that one of the world’s biggest players in the digitization of school and library resources is located right in our backyard? Cengage Learn... |
| 17.09.2012 | Evernote For Education: Citelighter Teams Up With Cengage To Take The Pain Out Of Online Research | When it comes to conducting research for papers, homework assignments, etc., students primarily turn to the Web for information despite its inherent academic dangers. Naturally, with the diversity of content out there, keeping track of pert... |
| 27.01.2012 | Apple Textbook Controversy Isn’t About Books-It’s About Teaching | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
I don’t think there’s ever been a textbook that made it this easy to be a good student. —Roger Rosner, vice president of productivity applications, Apple
Whenever a company as... |
