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Blackboard and Pearson Announce International Content Integration Partnership

Market-leading LMS and World’s Leading Learning Companies Bring Seamless Transition Between Pearson’s MyLab & Mastering and Blackboard Learn to Global Markets By Blackboard Inc.; Pearson Published: Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 – 8:54 am WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Blackboard Inc. and Pearson have expanded the availability of an integration for Pearson’s leading learning solution …

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Blackboard’s New Bag

October 15, 2012 – 3:00am By Steve Kolowich Blackboard has become the latest company to get into the business of helping colleges and universities build online programs. The company, which built its education technology empire on selling software and implementation support, has upped investment in its “online program management services” in an effort to compete …

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S&P Report – Blackboard Plans to Raise $60 Million to Help Finance Acquisitions of Moodlerooms and netSpot

On April 18, 2012, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its ‘B+’ issue level rating (one notch higher than the corporate credit rating) to Washington, D.C.-based Blackboard Inc.’s proposed $60 million incremental term loan with a recovery rating of ‘2’,indicating substantial (70%-90%) recovery of principal in the event of a payment default.

Blackboard letter to the Education Community about recent Acquisitions and Services

  Dear Clients and Community: Today we are making some big announcements that we know will catch the attention of many members of the education community. Taken together, they speak to a broader shift in our strategy for serving education institutions so we are taking a moment to share some thoughts about our approach. The …

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Google Says Pearson’s New Learning System Is ‘Not a Shared Product’

By Jeffrey R. Young – October 20, 2011 Chronicle of Higher Education Philadelphia—When Pearson officials talk about their new learning-management system, OpenClass, they like to mention Google. They note that the software is distributed through Google’s App marketplace, and say that it was inspired by Google’s popular e-mail and Web services platform. Pearson drops the company’s …

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