Cengage Learning

Cengage Learning, or Cengage, is a publisher. It makes and sells textbooks and other educational content. It is also a technology and services company. Their customers are in higher education, K-12, companies, and libraries around the world. Cengage has business in more than 20 countries.

Company information
The company headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.About 5,000 people work at Cengage in 20 countries. The headquarters was in Stamford, Connecticut until April 2014.

Products and services
Cengage sells print and digital textbooks. It also sells additional materials to teachers to help them use those textbooks. Online products include reference databases and distance learning courses. Cengage also sells test preparation materials, corporate training courses, career assessment tools, materials for specific academic disciplines, and custom solutions.

On December 5, 2017, Cengage announced Cengage Unlimited. This plan is asks students to pay a subscription to use any of their digital higher education books. Students can pay by semester or year.

History
Cengage Learning used to be called Thomson Learning. The Thomson Corporation sold it to a private equity group including Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners for US $7.75 billion, and the name was changed to Cengage Learning on 24 July 2007. In 2011, Cengage Learning bought the National Geographic Society's school publishing business. It combined this school business with the Global ELT business to make the National Geographic Learning brand.

Cengage Learning filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 on July 2, 2013. Cengage Learning left bankruptcy on April 1, 2014.

Buying other companies
Cengage has grown by buying other publishing companies. These are some fo the important ones:

Brands/imprints
The company also publishes books with other names: 4LTR Press, Aplia, Cengage Learning PTR, Chilton, Education To Go, Gale, Milady, MindTap, and National Geographic Learning.

Other websites

 * National Geographic Learning, part of Cengage Learning
 * ed2go, a part of Cengage Learning
 * ed2go, a part of Cengage Learning