Kaplan acquires Bradford College and Grange Business School
Kaplan, a international provider of higher and professional education, has acquired Bradford College and Grange Business School, based in Adelaide, Australia. The price of the transaction was not disclosed.
Bradford College provides pathway programs for the University of Adelaide, a member of the Group of 8 schools that make up Australia’s leading institutions of higher education. It is located on the University of Adelaide campus. Grange Business School, offers programs in accounting and other business subjects.
According to Kaplan Asia, they welcome Bradford College and Grange Business School to the Kaplan family, and to the Kaplan operations in Australia. Australia’s status as an education hub makes it a key location for Kaplan’s growth, and they look forward to playing an increasing role in the market for higher and professional education in the region.
This acquisition reflects Kaplan’s continuing investment in the Australian higher education sector. It also reflects a commitment to creating opportunities for people to come to Australia to study and opportunities for further development of the Australian education brand in Asia.
In April, 2007 Kaplan announced an agreement with the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) to acquire Finsia Education, the association’s education division. That acquisition was approved by Finsia’s membership in June.
In 2006 Kaplan acquired Tribeca Learning Limited, a provider of professional training to institutions and their employees in Australia’s financial planning, stockbroking, accounting, self managed superannuation, real estate and mortgage broking markets. Tribeca has since been renamed Kaplan.
Kaplan also provides college pathway and foundation programs in the United Kingdom, through partnerships with the University of Sheffield, Glasgow University and Nottingham Trent University among others, and in the U.S. with Northeastern University.
In China a joint venture, Kaplan ACE, provides preparation courses for entry into a consortium of U.K. universities at centers throughout China, along with degree programs at its campus in Shanghai.
Additional higher education programs in Asia include APMI Kaplan in Singapore, which provides undergraduate and postgraduate programs in cooperation with universities in Australia, the U.K. and the U.S.
14-Aug-2007