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In 2003, Sylvan Learning was purchased by Apollo Management from Sylvan Learning Systems Inc., its parent company. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] (Sylvan Learning Systems Inc. shifted focus to post-secondary education , and to reflect that change was renamed Laureate Education in 2004.) [ 3 ] In 2016, John McAuliffe was named as Chief Executive Officer.
In 1979, it acquired Mini-Skools, Living and Learning, and American Pre-Schools. In 1985, the company opened its 1,000th center. In 1987, Kinder-Care stated it was expanding at the rate of one new center every three days. It also acquired Sylvan Learning Centers, a provider of supplemental instruction and tutoring.
Prometric's computerized testing centers were founded by Drake International in 1990 under the name Drake Prometric. [1] In 1995, Drake Prometric L.P. was sold to Sylvan Learning in a cash and stock deal worth approximately $44.5 million. [2]
Laureate Education was originally created by Douglas Becker in 1998, as Sylvan International Universities, an operational division of Sylvan Learning Systems that would focus on post-secondary institutions. At the time, Sylvan was primarily focused on services for students in primary and secondary education through company owned and franchise ...
In 2004, Educate renamed the Sylvan Education Solutions division as Catapult Learning to distinguish the in-school unit from Sylvan’s retail unit, Sylvan Learning Centers. In 2008, the Catapult Learning division was sold to private investors, [ 3 ] making Catapult Learning a private, independent company.
As a result, Laureate Education, Inc. (then Sylvan Learning Systems) purchased the institution ..." [ 15 ] The purchase was made in 2002 and two years later NTU was folded into a for-profit online university ( Walden University ) in Minneapolis .
Increase the number of organizations and policymakers that identify summer learning as a public policy priority; and; Increase funding for high-quality summer learning programs for young people who currently lack choices and opportunities. Partners of the NSLA include the American Camp Association [3] and Sylvan Learning. [4]
After World War II, the number of single parent families in the United States increased as women began to participate in the labor force. [9] Traditional family roles and structure were tremendously altered as women began to serve as major financial contributors, increasing the average percentage of employed women from 38 percent in 1955 to 78 percent by 2004. [10]