Cengage Group facts for kids
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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Headquarters location | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Key people | Michael Hansen (CEO) |
| Publication types | Educational content, technology, and services |
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| Revenue |  US$1.5 billion (2017) |
| No. of employees | 5,000 (2017) |
Cengage Group is an American company that creates educational materials. They provide content, technology, and services for students and teachers. This includes resources for colleges, K–12 schools, and libraries. Cengage Group works in over 20 countries around the world.
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About Cengage Group
Cengage Group's main office is in Boston, Massachusetts. They have about 5,000 employees worldwide. These employees work in nearly 38 different countries. Before 2014, their main office was in Stamford, Connecticut.
Gale is a part of Cengage that focuses on libraries. Gale creates online research tools and educational books. They make databases for libraries, schools, and businesses. These databases are available online, in print, as e-books, and in microform.
Cengage Unlimited: A New Way to Learn
On December 5, 2017, Cengage announced a new service called Cengage Unlimited. This is a subscription service for college students. Instead of buying many textbooks, students can pay one fee. This fee gives them access to all of Cengage's digital learning materials.
The service became available in the summer of 2018. It was very popular with students. The University of Missouri was the first university to offer this plan. All their students could use it starting in January 2019.
How Cengage Group Started and Grew
The company's journey in publishing began in 1979. At that time, a company called International Thomson Publishing bought Wadsworth Publishing. Over the years, they bought many other publishing companies. These included Van Nostrand Reinhold, Delmar, and Gale Research.
In 2000, the company changed its name to Thomson Learning. They continued to grow by adding more educational publishers. In 2006, Thomson Learning was put up for sale. A group of investors bought the company for a large sum of money. On July 24, 2007, its name officially changed to Cengage Learning.
Cengage Learning continued to expand. In 2011, they bought the school publishing part of the National Geographic Society. They combined this with their English language teaching business. This created the new brand called National Geographic Learning.
In 2013, Cengage Learning faced some financial challenges. The company had taken on a lot of debt. Also, fewer people were buying traditional paper textbooks. To reorganize its business, Cengage Learning went through a process called Chapter 11. They came out of this process on April 1, 2014. This helped them reduce their debt. After this, the company decided to focus more on digital study guides. They also moved their main office to Boston.
In November 2016, Cengage Learning shortened its name to just Cengage. In 2019, Cengage planned to merge with another big publisher, McGraw-Hill Education. This merger would have created one of the largest educational publishers. However, the merger was called off on May 1, 2020. In August 2021, the company changed its name again to Cengage Group.
Companies Cengage Group Has Acquired
Cengage Group has grown by buying other companies. Here are some notable ones:
| When they bought it | What they bought | What it does |
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| March 1, 2004 | Education to Go | Online courses for continuing education |
| May 16, 2008 | PAL Publications | Professional reference books |
| June 2, 2008 | Houghton Mifflin College Division | Publishing for 2- and 4-year colleges |
| July 17, 2008 | Gatlin Education Services | Online training for schools |
| December 16, 2008 | HighBeam Research | Online search engine for news |
| August 1, 2011 | National Geographic School Publishing | Books for K-12 schools and English language programs |
| September 2015 | Learning Objects, Inc | Systems for managing learning and adaptive education |
| October 2015 | Pathbrite, Inc | Online portfolios for learning and careers |
| September 2016 | WebAssign | Online tools for teachers and students |
| March 2022 | InfoSec Institute | Training in Cybersecurity |
Cengage Group's Brands
Cengage Group has many different product lines and brands. Some of these include 4LTR Press, Aplia, Cengage Learning PTR, Chilton, Education To Go, Gale, Milady, MindTap, and National Geographic Learning.
Since 2015, products from South-Western have been sold under the Cengage Learning name. Cengage Unlimited, which is a software service, started on August 1, 2018.
Rankings
In 2016, a magazine called Publishers Weekly ranked Cengage. Based on its income from 2015, Cengage was the 14th largest publisher worldwide. This list includes both regular book publishers and educational publishers.
See also
In Spanish: Cengage para niños
- Books in the United States
