Laureate Education
Laureate Education, Inc. is a private company that is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The company works in the education industry. The company was formerly known as Sylvan Learning Systems Inc, before the company shifted focus towards post-secondary education and its K-12 business was sold to become Sylvan Learning.
History
The company was founded by Douglas L. Becker. The company was originally created by Sylvan Learning Systems in 1998 as an operational division to focus on post-secondary institutions and called Sylvan International Universities. When the division was created, Sylvan was a public company primarily focused on educational services for students in primary and secondary education through company owned and franchise locations.[1]
The company’s first investment was Spain’s Universidad Europea de Madrid in 1999, quickly followed by investments in post-secondary institutions in Mexico's Universidad del Valle de México, Chile's Universidad de Las Américas and Switzerland's Les Roches International School of Hotel Management and its first investment in online higher education, Walden University in the United States.[2]
In March 2003, Sylvan Learning Systems decided to focus exclusively on post-secondary education.[3] The company sold the K-12 business units, as well as the Sylvan name and trademark, to a new company, Educate, Inc., formed by Apollo Management. In 2004, Sylvan changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc, to reflect the change in focus.[4]
In 2007, the company was acquired by an investor group led by Douglas Becker.[5]
Arizona-based Thunderbird School of Global Management announced a partnership with Laureate in March 2013 to set up a joint venture that will provide capital support to Thunderbird to open multiple international instruction sites and expand its executive education and online programs.[6]
Institutions and Operations
See Laureate International Universities
References
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/20/us/sylvan-plans-overseas-college-network.html
- ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Dec_7/ai_67687292/
- ↑ Walsh, Mark (19 March 2003). "Sylvan Learning, Changing Focus, Sells K-12 Sector". Education Week. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ↑ "Sylvan Learning Renamed". New York Times. 18 May 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ↑ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/management-group-to-take-laureate-education-private/
- ↑ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/9fabac92-8fe3-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fbusiness-education%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct#axzz2OqAZY3yY
