2016 Article: Kaplan, TPR in trouble?

Kaplan and The Princeton Review recently posted 3Q Financials. Both companies report declines in their YTD Test Prep business segments (-4% and -15% respectively). While these declines may seem disconcerting to independent tutors and boutique tutoring firms, there are some important considerations to, well, consider: 2015 3Q results (the comparator) were likely artificially bolstered by the then news […]

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Graham Holdings ( and Kaplan) Report Third Quarter Earnings

Graham Holdings Company Reports Third Quarter Earnings ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 2, 2016– Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) today reported income from continuing operations attributable to common shares of $33.1 million ($5.87 per share) for the third quarter of 2016, compared to a loss of $231.2 million ($40.32 per share) for the third quarter of 2015. Net loss attributable to common shares was $230.8 million ($40.25 per […]

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History of Test Prep: More Students Submitting ACT Scores, Survey Finds

(Stockhouse)   As Colleges Report More Applicants Submitting ACTⓇ Scores, ACT, Inc. and Kaplan Test Prep Launch ACTⓇ Kaplan Online Prep Live to Make Best-in-Class Live Teaching Accessible to All Students Introduction of Live, Interactive Program Supports Growing Popularity of the ACT: Survey Finds 49% of Colleges Report More Applicants Submitting ACT Scores than in Prior […]

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Kaplan Test Prep and Chegg Partner

NEW YORK & SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kaplan Test Prep, a premier provider of educational test preparation services and Chegg (NYSE: CHGG), the leading student-first connected learning platform, have partnered to develop affordable, high quality test prep services available exclusively through Chegg. As part of the partnership, Kaplan becomes the exclusive test prep partner for Chegg. […]

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Kaplan Doubling Down on Academic Subject Tutoring

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kaplan, the world leader in test prep, is branching beyond its core business of preparing students for high-stakes exams, expanding into academic support to help college students and high school students who are taking college-level courses, such as AP® courses, succeed in the areas they consider to be the most challenging: science and […]

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