New Mountain Learning, LLC was a
privately held
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is ...
publishing company founded in 2012
and headquartered in
St. Paul, Minnesota. The company published educational
textbooks
A textbook is a book containing a comprehensive compilation of content in a branch of study with the intention of explaining it. Textbooks are produced to meet the needs of educators, usually at educational institutions. Schoolbooks are textbook ...
and software, including supplements and assessment tools for PreK-12,
post-secondary
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...
,
workforce development
Workforce development, an American approach to economic development, attempts to enhance a region's economic stability and prosperity by focusing on people rather than businesses. It essentially develops a human-resources strategy. Work-force dev ...
, and
religious education
In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion (although in the United Kingdom the term ''religious instruction'' would refer to the teaching of a particular religion, with ''religious education'' referring to te ...
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, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...
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
The group of churches known as the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ is a fellowship of congregations within the Restoration Movement (also known as the Stone-Campbell Movement and the Reformation of the 19th Century) that have no forma ...
, 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
RCL Benziger is a Roman Catholic book-publishing house founded in 1792 by Joseph Charles Benziger in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. It is currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and operates as a subsidiary of Kendall Hunt Publishing.
History
The comp ...
, originated in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
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 educational publishing company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that publishes educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education. The company also publishes referenc ...
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
A web application (or web app) is application software that is accessed using a web browser. Web applications are delivered on the World Wide Web to users with an active network connection.
History
In earlier computing models like client-serve ...
training and assessment learning management software:
Keyboarding Online Labs; Snap 2013 (for
Microsoft Office 2013
Microsoft Office 2013 (codenamed Office 15) is a version of Microsoft Office, a productivity suite for Microsoft Windows. It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2010 and the predecessor to Microsoft Office 2016. Unlike with Office 2010, no OS ...
) 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 on June 15, 2010, as the succes ...
); Snap 2007 (for
Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft Office 2007 (codenamed Office 12) is an office suite for Windows, developed and published by Microsoft. It was officially revealed on March 9, 2006 and was the 12th version of Microsoft Office. It was released to manufacturing on Novemb ...
); and Snap 2003 (for
Microsoft Office 2003
Microsoft Office 2003 (codenamed Office 11) is an office suite developed and distributed by Microsoft for its Windows operating system. Office 2003 was released to manufacturing on August 19, 2003, and was later released to retail on October 21, ...
).
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, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
, 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
The Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) is a public community college with campuses throughout Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1965 and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It offers over 1 ...
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Community College of Rhode Island
The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) is a public community college in Rhode Island. It is the only community college in the state and the largest community college in New England. The college's primary facility is located in Warwick, with ...
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Ivy Tech Community College
Ivy Tech Community College (Ivy Tech) is a public community college system in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the state's public community college system and it has more than 40 locations. It is also the state's largest public postsecondary in ...
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Kaskaskia College
Kaskaskia College is a public community college in Centralia, Illinois
Centralia is a city in Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Illinois with the largest portion in Marion County. The city is the large ...
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Community College is a public community college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Kirkwood has a secondary campus in Iowa City, and several additional regional and county centers located in Belle Plaine, Coralville, Hiawatha, Monticello, Tipton ...
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Parkland College
Parkland College is a public community college in Champaign, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System serving Community College District 505 which includes parts of Coles, Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquoi ...
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Schoolcraft College
Schoolcraft College is a public community college in Livonia, Michigan.
History
Schoolcraft College was established in 1961. Originally named Northwest Wayne County Community College, the name of the college was changed because of the length. ...
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Skyline College
Skyline College is a public community college
A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an "open enrollment" for students who have gr ...
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Spencerian College
Spencerian College was a private, for-profit career college in Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded in 1892 as the Spencerian Commercial School, a private for-profit business school, by Enos ...
References
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External links
New Mountain Learning websiteEMC Publishing LLC main website
Book publishing companies based in Minnesota