Country of origin United States Owner(s) Wicks Group | Publication types books, magazines Founded 2012 | |
Key people Eric Cantor (Chairman and CEO)
Peter Esposito (Group President)
Joy Hoppe (Vice President and CFO)
Mick Demakos (CDO) Imprints EMC Publishing, Paradigm Publishing, JIST Publishing, RCL Benziger, Standard Publishing Official website newmountainlearning.com Headquarters location Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States | ||
New Mountain Learning, LLC is a privately held publishing company founded in 2012 and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. The company publishes educational textbooks and software, including supplements and assessment tools for PreK-12, post-secondary, workforce development, and religious education fields.
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Corporate organization
New Mountain Learning consists 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 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:
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); 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, students will use video platforms to demonstrate their skills through assessments and discussions via webcam.
Users
Below is a selection of academic institutions that use New Mountain Learning materials: