New Mountain Learning, LLC was a
privately held
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publishing company founded in 2012
and headquartered in
St. Paul, Minnesota. The company published educational
textbooks
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and software, including supplements and assessment tools for PreK-12,
post-secondary
Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.
The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...
,
workforce development, and
religious education
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fields.
In 2018, New Mountain Learning was acquired by private equity firm CIP Capital from The Wicks Group, who had acquired and merged the New Mountain divisions. Later in 2018, CIP acquired Carnegie Learning and merged New Mountain into Carnegie Learning.
Corporate organization
New Mountain Learning consisted of five divisions:
PreK-12
EMC Publishing was founded in 1954,
and develops and produces PreK-12 textbook programs in world languages,
business education, literature and language arts, and social studies with supplementary and multimedia materials.
Post-secondary
Paradigm Publishing specializes in
post-secondary
Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.
The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...
publishing, offering textbook programs in computer technology, health careers, biotechnology, accounting, business technology, distance learning, and career management with supplementary and multimedia materials.
Workforce development
JIST Publishing (Job Information, Seeking and Training), has award-winning materials on job-search, career exploration, occupational information, life skills, and character education. Founded by James Michael Farr in 1981 and acquired by EMC in 2007.
Applications and programming
Lawrenceville Press is a publisher of computer application and programming textbooks.
Founded in 1981
and acquired by EMC in 2007.
Religious education
CFM Publishing, the religious education division of New Mountain Learning consists of two publishers:
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Standard Publishing, a publisher associated with the
Christian churches and churches of Christ, founded in 1872 and acquired by Wicks Group in 2006 The majority of Standard Publishing was sold to
David C. Cook in 2016; the magazines were sold to The Solomon Foundation in 2017.
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RCL Benziger, originated in
Switzerland
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in 1792 by
Joseph Charles Benziger. In July 2007 the Benziger name and product line was purchased from
McGraw Hill
McGraw Hill is an American education science company that provides educational content, software, and services for students and educators across various levels—from K-12 to higher education and professional settings. They produce textbooks, ...
by CFM Publishing and merged with Texas-based Catholic publisher RCL - Resources For Christian Living (acquired at the same time) to form RCL Benziger. RCL Benziger was sold to Kendall Hunt Publishing in 2016.
Products
Snap (stylized as "SNAP"
) consists of the following
web-based training and assessment learning management software:
Keyboarding Online Labs; Snap 2013 (for
Microsoft Office 2013) Snap 2010 (for
Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 (codenamed Office 14) is a version of Microsoft Office for Microsoft Windows unveiled by Microsoft on May 15, 2009, and released to manufacturing on April 15, 2010, with General availability release, general availability on ...
); Snap 2007 (for
Microsoft Office 2007); and Snap 2003 (for
Microsoft Office 2003).
EMC Languages is a language program scheduled for release in 2014.
According to their website, it is "a dynamic learning environment designed to drive educator effectiveness and student fluency in K-12 and post-secondary world language classrooms." A collaboration with the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...
, students will use video platforms to demonstrate their skills through assessments and discussions via webcam.
Users
Below is a selection of academic institutions that used New Mountain Learning materials:
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Community College of Philadelphia
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Community College of Rhode Island
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Ivy Tech Community College
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Kaskaskia College
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Kirkwood Community College
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Parkland College
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Schoolcraft College
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Skyline College
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Spencerian College
References
External links
New Mountain Learning websiteEMC Publishing LLC main website
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Book publishing companies based in Minnesota