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Gilfus Education Group Announces Webinar on Developing a Productive Workforce from 2011 to 2020 “Workforce Development: Transitioning from 2011 to 2020” Washington, DC   (Thursday, August 11th, 2011) – Gilfus Education Group announced today that it will offer a webinar titled Workforce Development: Transitioning from 2011 to 2020.  Attendees will be provided with an overview [...]

* Deal terms being finalized, could be announced by Friday* BofA, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley providing financing * Blackboard market value at $1.52 bln as of Thursday By Nadia Damouni and Soyoung Kim NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) – Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners is nearing a deal to buy education software company Blackboard [...]

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 [...]

Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB) today announced that it has retained Barclays Capital as its financial advisor in response to receiving unsolicited, non-binding proposals to acquire the company.

We’re writing to share some important news: that Presidium and Blackboard have decided to join together. On December 30, Presidium was formally acquired by Blackboard, and together we hope to take a significant step forward in supporting the full lifecycle of student engagement in education. With this combination we have a unique opportunity to help [...]

October 13, 2010, 9:05 pm By Jeff Young Anaheim, Calif.—Blackboard announced today that it is teaming up with a for-profit education provider, K12 Inc., to sell online courses to colleges that want to outsource their remedial offerings. The companies say their plan will offer a new way for students who lack basic skills to get [...]

jim Washington, DC – Blackboard, the DC-based provider of software and services to educational institutions, said that it will pay $116 million cash to acquire Calgary-based Elluminate and New York-based Wimba, both developers of virtual classroom technology. The acquired companies will form the backbone of Blackboard Collaborate, a new, standalone platform that will allow educational [...]

(RTTNews) – Blackboard Inc. (BBBB: News ) said it agreed to acquire both Elluminate Inc. and Wimba Inc., two of the leading providers of synchronous learning and collaboration technology to the education markets, for a total of about $116 million in cash, excluding transaction costs and subject to certain adjustments. These leading teams and solutions [...]

Important Update: Stephen Gilfus, Founder of Blackboard, speaking at Business Breakfast About Education Industry Forum Breakfast Briefings This platform for education operators, investors and the community of specialists that bring quality to education businesses continues to give members of the for-profit education industry the opportunity to receive current information and stay in contact with a [...]

Blackboard Inc. was formed on the joining of two companies. CourseInfo LLC, founded by Daniel Cane and Stephen Gilfus, and Blackboard LLC, founded by Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky.

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December 15th 2007
Stephen Gilfus announced today that he will be leaving Blackboard Inc. at the beginning of the new Year in January 2008 to become an independent industry consultant. “Over the last decade I have had the opportunity to serve thousands of institutions with their educational technology needs through my involvement with Blackboard”, said Gilfus, “I am excited that I can now provide an independent perspective on many of the industries past developments while providing extended capabilites to academic insitutitons through agnostic decision making.”

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