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| Cengage Learning | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1921 |
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Cengage Learning, formerly Thomson Learning, delivers customized curriculum for colleges, universities, educators, students, libraries, government agencies, corporations and professionals all around the world.
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Company Information
The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, and has approximately 5200 employees worldwide across 35 countries.
The Company is composed of Three Units:
- Academic & Professional Group
- Gale
- International
In the academic marketplace, it serves secondary, higher education, and graduate-level students, teachers, reference centers, government agencies and corporations in both traditional and distance learning environments.
Services and curriculum
Cengage Learning offers textbooks, instructor supplements, digital content, online reference databases, distance learning courses, test preparation materials, corporate training courses, career assessment tools, materials for specific academic disciplines, and custom solutions.
Brands
Among Cengage's major brands are Gale (formerly Thomson Gale) and Nelson Education (Nelson Canada, not Nelson USA Education).
- Course Techology
- Delmar Learning (formerly Thomson Delmar Learning)
- Milady — beautician training publishing
- Gale (Cengage) (formerly Thomson Gale)
- Nelson Education, also known as Nelson Canada (majority owned by OMERS)
- NetLearning (was part of Delmar)
Cengage's major publishing imprints are Brooks/Cole, Course Technology, Delmar, Gale, Heinle, Schirmer, South-Western, and Wadsworth.[1] Cengage also owns the publishing imprints Aplia,citation needed Eddie Diamond,citation needed, 4LTR Press, Aplia, Arden Shakespeare, Atomic Dog Publishing, Chilton, CompuTaught, Education To Go (Ed2Go), Milady, NetLearning, Primary Source Media, Sleeping Bear Press[1], Cengage Learning Asia Pacific, English Language Teaching, Cengage Learning EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), and Cengage Learning Latin America.citation needed
Sale to private equity
It was announced [2] on 25 October 2006 that Thomson Learning would be offered for sale by the Thomson Corporation, with an estimated value of up to US$5 billion. The company was bought by a private equity consortium consisting of Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners for US$7.75 billion and the name was changed on 24 July 2007.
See also
- Gale (Cengage) — major division of company, formerly Thomson Gale
References
- ^ a b "Cengage Learning". Cengage Learning.
- ^ Press release
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