By Douglas MacMillan – Jul 1, 2011 8:15 AM ET Providence Equity Partners Inc. agreed to buy Blackboard Inc. (BBBB), a maker of online educational software, for $1.64 billion. Providence will pay $45 a share in cash for Washington- based Blackboard, the companies said in a statement today. The price represents a 21 percent premium […]
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the Gilfus Education Group, a prominent education consulting firm based in Washington, DC, is inviting education decision makers and thought leaders to assist in conducting research on new advances in K12 Online Learning Technology. Ideal research participants are superintendents, school and district administrators, principals, faculty members, CIOs and instructional designers from innovative institutions dedicated to
the Gilfus Education Group, an independent consulting research and analyst firm focused on education, is reaching out to leaders in Higher Education to gain insights into the challenges and needs of mobile technology within Higher Education. Weekend in DC – One participant who completes the survey will be randomly selected to receive airfare for two and a three day, two night stay at a hotel in National Harbor, a multi-use waterfront resort destination on the shores of the Potomac River just outside of Washington, DC.
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Blackboard Inc. (BBBB), a maker of online educational courseware, may lure buyout offers of as much as $65 a share from strategic bidders seeking to expand in Internet publishing, analysts at Stifel Nicolas said in a report today. Education publishers News Corp. (NWSA), Pearson Plc (PSON) and McGraw- Hill Cos. may consider making offers for
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In November, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation made its first foray into the US education space with the $360m (£228m) purchase of Wireless Generation. Dame Marjorie Scardino, the chief executive of Pearson, was not fazed. On discovering that Mr Murdoch could become a rival to another of her businesses (News Corp’s Harper Collins is already a
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