Pearson offloads OPM business
Pearson Online Learning Services will be sold to the Los Angeles private equity firm Regent LP.
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Pearson’s e-textbook service approaches 5 million users
Pearson+ reached 4.8 million registered users and 600,000 paid subscribers last year. The company plans to add more content to the service.
Pearson announces end to decade-long OPM contract with Arizona State University
Pearson and Arizona State University are ending a decade-long contract that accounted for about one-third of Pearson's OPM revenue.
Cengage, Pearson acquire professional development firms
The badging platform Credly and the cybersecurity education provider InfoSec are the latest companies snatched up by publishers.
Pearson+ claims 2 million registered users since launch in July
Data from the textbook subscription service will help Pearson better design digital learning experiences, the company's CEO said in an investor presentation.
Textbook publisher Pearson sues Chegg for copyright infringement
The publisher claims Chegg is profiting from verbatim answers copied from its textbooks.
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Pearson launches $14.99/month textbook subscription service
Pearson+, which gives users access to 1,500 digital titles, follows similar textbook-rental services offered by its competitors.
Pearson acquires adaptive learning technology startup Smart Sparrow
Pearson says the new technology will be used to help educators develop more personalized course instruction and feedback for students.
Pearson hack exposes student data connected to 13,000 accounts
Limited information — including names, birthdays and email addresses — has been compromised for an unknown number of school and university students.
Pearson goes ‘digital first’ on higher ed textbooks
The publisher says it's stepping away from the "lengthy and expensive" process of updating physical textbooks.