Laureate Education
| Laureate Education
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| legal form | PBC |
| founding | 1999 |
| Seat |
Baltimore , United States
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| management | Douglas L. Becker (Founder and CEO ) |
| Branch | education |
| Website | www.laureate-inc.com |
Laureate Education is a private education group based in Baltimore / Maryland , USA .
history
Laureate Education is a US-based private education company founded in 1998 as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. In 2004 the name was changed to Laureate Education .
The holding company operates 75 private universities and colleges in 30 countries (as of 1/2014). Laureate Education is also active in tele- education and in 2001 earned 41% of the Walden University Distance Learning University .
The company Laureate, which was listed until 2007, was taken over by a consortium of holding companies (value including around 700 million dollars in debt: 3.8 billion US dollars). The group of investors was led by the company's CEO, Douglas Becker. The consortium included Kohlberg Kravis Roberts ; Citigroup Private Equity; SAC Capital Management , SPG Partners; Bregal Investments ; Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec ; Sterling Capital; Makena Capital; Torreal, and Southern Cross Capital. The hedge fund Soros Fund Management also acquired shares in the company.
Universities in the Laureate Education network
Australia
Germany
Brazil
- Universidade Potiguar (UnP)
- Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis (UniRitter)
- Centro Universitário do Norte (UniNorte)
- Centro Universitário dos Guararapes (UNIFG)
- Universidade Salvador (UNIFACS)
- Universidade Anhembi Morumbi (UAM)
- Centro Universitário IBMR (IBMR)
- Faculdade Internacional da Paraíba (FPB)
- FIAM-FAAM (FMU | FIAM-FAAM)
- Centro Universitário FADERGS (FADERGS)
- CEDEPE Business School (CBS)
- Business School São Paulo (BSP)
Chile
- Universidad Viña del Mar (UVM Chile)
- Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB)
- Universidad de Las Américas Chile (UDLA Chile)
- Escuela Moderna de Música (EMM)
- Instituto Profesional AIEP
China
Costa Rica
- Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (ULatina)
- Universidad Americana (UAM Costa Rica)
Honduras
- Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC Honduras)
- Centro Universitario Tecnológico (CEUTEC) - part of Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC Honduras)
India
- Pearl Academy
- University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES)
- University of Technology and Management (UTM)
Malaysia
- INTI Education Group (INTI International University & Colleges)
Morocco
Mexico
- Universidad del Valle de México (UVM)
- Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC)
New Zealand
Panama
Peru
Portugal
- IADE - Creative University
- Instituto Português de Admistração de Marketing (IPAM)
- Universidade Europeia (UE)
Saudi Arabia
- Laureate Wadi Al-Dawaser Female College of Excellence
- Laureate Mecca Female College of Excellence
- Laureate Buraydah Female College of Excellence
- Laureate Al-Nammas Female College of Excellence
- Laureate Al-Kharj Female College of Excellence
- Laureate Jeddah College of Excellence
- Laureate Riyadh Tourism and Hospitality College of Excellence
- Laureate Medina Tourism and Hospitality College of Excellence
Spain
South Africa
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
- Laureate Online Education BV (University of Liverpool and University of Roehampton)
United States (USA)
Cyprus
literature
- Marco Althaus : The Anti-Harvards: How educational corporations are revolutionizing America's higher education system, "Laureate Inc .: On the construction site, global education corporation, p. 418 ff., Lit Verlag, Münster, 2009
Individual evidence
- ^ Laureate Education Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation , October 2, 2015
- ↑ Management
- ↑ Map de educational institutions
- ↑ Laureate Education, Inc. enters into agreement with investor group , March 14, 2007
- ↑ Wirtschaftswoche on takeover
- ↑ "Why the Clintons Peddle for a seedy Soros-backed college company," The Daily Caller, Jan. 13, 2014