Introduction: According to the Yahoo.com website, the McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. provides information services and products to the education, financial services, and business information markets worldwide. Its McGraw-Hill Education segment operates as a global educational publisher. This segment comprises School Education Group, which provides educational and professional development materials to pre-kindergarten to 12th grade market as well as assessment and reporting services; and the Higher Education, Professional, and International Group that provides e-books, online tutoring, customized course Websites, subscription services, and materials to the higher education market. The Higher Education, Professional and International group (HPI) also publishes professional, reference, and trade publications for medical, business, engineering, and other fields. International operations in this group cover markets worldwide with locally developed products as well as English language learning materials. McGraw Hill Education is a leading provider of Spanish language educational products for the Latin American, South American and European markets (Profile: The McGraw Hill Companies Inc.) From this information, it is possible to make certain inferences about Education segment of the McGraw-Hill operation including these:
The company believes it is capable of providing educational products for students from kindergarten through college and beyond
McGraw-Hill has adopted new technologies to deliver educational products to the higher education segment in recognition of changes in the way working adults are continuing their education including offering e-books and online tutoring
According to The McGraw Hill Companies Inc. Annual Report published online by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, McGraw-Hill's Education segment is comprised of two operating groups: the School Education Group and the HPI Group. The U.S. college new textbo...