Corporate Profile for Sylvan Learning Systems, dated June 5.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: June 5, 1998
Company Name: Sylvan Learning Systems
Address: 1000 Lancaster Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Main Telephone
Number: 410/843-8732
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL): www.educate.com
Co-Chief Executive
Officers: R. Christopher Hoehn-Saric
Douglas L. Becker
Investor Relations
Contact: Vickie Glazar
Business number: 410/843-8732
Public Relations
Contact: Vickie Glazar
Business number: 410/843-8732
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: SLVN/NASDAQ
Industry: Educational Services
Market Makers: BT Alex. Brown, Nations Bank Montgomery
Securities Corporate Profile
Company description: Sylvan Learning Sylvan Learning (formerly Sylvan Learning Center) is a chain of franchised tutoring centers which provide personalized tutoring in reading, writing, mathematics, study skills and test-prep for college entrance and state exams. Systems, Inc., headquartered in Baltimore, is the leading provider of educational services to families, schools and industry. The company provides a wide array of lifelong educational services through more than 3,000 sites around the globe. The market leader in each of its business areas, Sylvan's services include: -- personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. instruction for students for all ages and skill levels through the network of 700 Sylvan Learning Centers across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and in Asia, -- intensive tutoring for struggling students and professional development for teachers on-site in more than 134 schools through the Sylvan sylvan emanating from or pertaining to woods. See also sylvatic. Contract Education Services division, -- computer-based testing Computer-based testing (CBT), also called e-exam, computerized testing and computer-administered testing, is a method of administering tests in which the responses are electronically recorded, assessed, or both. for academic admissions and professional certification Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure that he/she is qualified to perform a job or task. in more than 105 countries through the Sylvan Prometric division, -- English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. instruction for adult professionals through Wall Street Institute and for college-aged students through ASPECT, -- corporate consulting, training and professional development through PACE Learning Inc., and -- professional education and training through a network of high-tech adult learning centers operated by Caliber Learning Network, a Sylvan affiliate. CONTACT: Sylvan Learnings Systems |
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