McGraw-Hill Online Learning Solution Selected as Codie Award Finalist for Second Year In A Row

McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of electronic and print products for the pre-K through 12th grade, higher education and professional markets, has announced that its online learning content has been named a finalist in two categories of the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 23rd Annual Codie Awards competition. The awards honor outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital content, and education technology industries. SIIA will announce the winners of the 2008 Codie Awards at a gala dinner in San Francisco on May 20, 2008.

McGraw-Hill Online Learning has been selected as a finalist in the Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management Solution category and the Best Postsecondary Instructional Solution category.

"This honor from SIIA is a reflection of our efforts to provide students and educators with the best tools for learning and teaching through innovative technology and high-quality content," said Ed Stanford, president, McGraw-Hill Higher Education. "We're extremely pleased that our online learning content is being recognized for the second year in a row, and in two categories."

This recognition of technical excellence builds on academic-based accolades previously received by McGraw-Hill Higher Education's online courses currently being taught in the classroom. Ocean County (N.J.) College's Human Anatomy & Physiology I (BIOL 130) course, which employs McGraw-Hill online content, was recognized in 2008 by Quality Matters, a faculty-centered, peer review-based process that is designed to recognize the quality of online courses and components. This honor speaks not only to the excellence of McGraw-Hill Higher Education's online learning content, but also to the ability for higher education institutions to successfully implement and create high quality online courses using this content.

McGraw-Hill Higher Education now offers more than 50 online undergraduate courses in a variety of basic studies, ranging from Medical Law and Ethics to Psychology. More than a dozen institutions, including Arizona State University, Louisiana State University, Penn State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, have adopted McGraw-Hill Higher Education's online courses and have begun integrating more than 100 online courses, collectively, into their own course offerings.

Established in 1986, the Codie Awards is the longest-running awards program in the software and information industry. Through a combination of journalist and peer review, the program recognizes 68 categories of outstanding products and services. This year's 340 Codie Awards finalists represent an impressive array of technology and business excellence and success, selected from more than 1,000 nominations submitted by more than 600 companies.

Additional information about McGraw-Hill Higher Education's online courses is available at http://www.onlinelearning.com/.

About McGraw-Hill Higher Education

McGraw-Hill Higher Education is a premier provider of teaching and learning solutions for the post-secondary and higher education markets worldwide. It is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. McGraw-Hill Education has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 40 languages. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com/.

About the Codie Awards

In 1986, the Excellence in Software Awards program was established by the Software Publishers Association (SPA), now the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), so that the pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could evaluate and honor each other's work. In 1993, the Excellence in Software Awards became the Codie Awards. Since its inauguration, the Codie Awards program has carried forward the same vision - to showcase the software and information industry's finest products and services and to honor excellence for corporate achievement and philanthropic efforts. The Codie Awards holds the distinction of being the only peer-recognition awards program of its kind in the industry, providing a unique opportunity for companies to earn the praise of their competitors. As SIIA evolves to serve the needs of our members, the Codie Awards program, now in its twenty-first year, remains the standard bearer for celebrating outstanding achievement and vision in our industry. Additional information is available at http://www.siia.net/codies/2008.

  Tom Stanton
  McGraw-Hill Education
  (212) 904-3214
  tom_stanton@mcgraw-hill.com

  Tammy Detrich
  McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions
  (317) 817-9290
  tammy_detrich@mcgraw-hill.com

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