MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES

McGraw-Hill Building-2010

MCGRAW HILL COMPANIES.

Company History (1)

1888

James H. McGraw purchases The American Journal of Railway Appliances. John A. Hill serves as editor at Locomotive Engineer.

1917

The McGraw and Hill Companies merge to form the McGraw Hill Publishing Company, Inc.

1930

The Book Company enters the trade-book field with Whittlesey House. The first title published is The World's Economic Dilemma.

1952

The secondary school list of Harper & Brothers is merged with the School Department of the Book Company.

1970

McGraw Hill enters a joint venture with Tata Group in India, establishing Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. 1988

The Book Company acquires the school and college division of Random House, Inc.

1989

McGraw Hill College Division introduces the first computerized publishing system (PRIMIS), allowing instructors to customize textbooks.

2006

On July 27, 2006 the McGraw-Hill Companies broke ground for its state-of-the-art, 135,000 square-foot office building in the Port of Dubuque. The building provided the corporation with a new base of operations to develop textbooks, digital products and other content in such critical subjects as engineering and math for higher education customers around the world.

Employees in the new four-story building provided editorial, production and marketing services focused on the development of educational programs for the science, engineering, math and allied health fields. All of McGraw-Hill Education's nearly 400 employees based in a leased facility on Kerper Boulevard in Dubuque moved to the new building.

The McGraw-Hill Companies also operated a distribution center in Dubuque, which was the primary distribution point for educational products offered by CTB/McGraw-Hill, a leading publisher of standardized student achievement tests and McGraw-Hill Professional, which focused on professional, reference, and trade publishing.

In addition to its Dubuque locations, the Corporation had education operations in Coralville, Iowa. The McGraw-Hill Companies in 2006 had more than 450 employees in Dubuque and approximately 540 employees in Iowa. (2)

2009

McGraw Hill Connect® launches; an all-digital teaching & learning platform for higher education -- reaching millions of learners within months.

2013

January | SmartBook™, the world’s first adaptive e-book, launches.

March | McGraw Hill sold to Apollo Global Management, LLC

June | McGraw Hill acquires personalized learning software company ALEKS Corporation.

2016

March | McGraw Hill's sales of digital units in the higher education market overtakes print for the first time in company history.

September | McGraw Hill acquires Redbird Learning, a leading digital personalized learning company.

2018

McGraw Hill launches innovative textbook rental program, adding to affordable options available for college students.

2019

The Company’s total digital billings (based on the last 12 months) were greater than 50% for the first time.

2020

The company was one of the three largest publishers of educational materials in the nation. The company website described the Dubuque office as the "center of McGraw-Hill High Education's award-winning digital teaching and learning product development for science, engineering, and math. (3)

2021

March | McGraw Hill acquires Kidaptive, Inc., an adaptive and personalized learning company.

July | McGraw Hill sold to Platinum Equity

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Source:

1. "Company History," https://www.mheducation.com/about.html

2. McGraw Hill press release, July 27, 2006

3. Jacobson, Ben, "McGraw-Hill to Cut 28 Jobs in Dubuque," Telegraph Herald, January 9, 2020, p. 1A