Mar 04, 2015 01:09 PM EST By Staff Reporter, UniversityHerald Reporter

Cengage Learning, a leading education company, and Greenwood Hall will collaborate on the delivery and development of student-focused products and services, they announced Tuesday.

The partnership between Cengage Learning and Greenwood Hall (OTCBB:ELRN), an emerging cloud-based education management solutions provider, is designed to provide schools with practical solutions to some of higher education's most significant challenges -- improving student success, personalized learning, transparency, financial sustainability, and the deployment of technology enabled tools.

The two entities will work together to provide students with the most engaging, intuitive and streamlined solutions, and to leverage their collective products and services to provide institutions with increased product and content options, technology-enabled support tools and unique service offerings to enhance the student experience. Moreover, this partnership will pool the industry knowledge and expertise across both organizations' to maximize efficacy and resources for the student end-user.

"Greenwood Hall's commitment to delivering the most efficient management of the student lifecycle integrates seamlessly with our student-focused vision at Cengage Learning. This partnership allows a school to partner with us at every stage in a student's education experience," Pam Snow, senior vice president, director of Strategic Customer Partnerships, Cengage Learning, said in a statement. "At Cengage, our goal is to develop the highest quality learning solutions that help students maximize engagement and reach their full academic potential. Our partnership with Greenwood Hall allows us to engage students in new ways and bring innovation to the full student learning experience, beginning with the recruiting process and financial aid, to on-boarding, retention management, courseware utilization and career placement services."

The partnership will provide a single-source for institutions looking to build, launch and grow innovative learning solutions. The alliance will focus on enhancing the student experience through more personalized options for students, on-demand services and real-time student lifecycle management - all designed to maximize learner engagement and connect institutions closer to students across all learning delivery methods.

 "We are very pleased to partner with Cengage Learning, one of the top worldwide providers of educational content," said Dr. John Hall, CEO of Greenwood Hall. "At Greenwood Hall, we focus on making the entire student experience as engaging, streamlined and accessible as possible. We believe that our alliance with Cengage helps us further advance Greenwood Hall's mission to develop and deliver turnkey lifecycle and cloud-based solutions that help our university partners enhance learning options, student success and improve outcomes through platforms that offer state-of-the-art flexibility, transparency, cost-benefits and analytics. It also presents a unique opportunity for us to help schools grow, expand, and thrive in a rapidly changing higher education environment."

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