McGraw-Hill acquires UCI spinoff
McGraw-Hill acquires UCI spinoff
- June 24, 2013
- ALEKS Corp, a company created by Jean Claude Falmagne, UCI cognitive sciences research professor, is featured in the OC Business Journal June 24, 2013
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From the OC Business Journal:
An education software maker spun out of the University of California, Irvine, has
been acquired by McGraw-Hill Education in New York. Irvine-based Aleks Corp. — which
was founded in the mid-1990s by UC Irvine scientists, mathematicians, and software
engineers — specializes in what’s called adaptive learning, an increasingly popular
method that uses technology to help educators provide custom learning experiences.
For the full story, please visit http://www.ocbj.com/news/2013/jun/24/mcgraw-hill-acquires-uci-spinoff/.
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