Cengage Acquires WebAssign, Provider of Instructional and Assessment Tools

Mergers and Acquisitions

Cengage Acquires WebAssign, Provider of Instructional and Assessment Tools

Sep 27, 2016

CENGAGE, the Boston-based publisher has acquired WebAssign, which offers online instructional and assessment tools for higher-ed students. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1998, WebAssign has worked with academic publishers—including Cengage—to embed questions, quizzes, videos and other digital resources into content, serving more than 1.5 million students each year. More details in the press release.

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