Industry Partners Program

EdFund, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, is the nation’s second largest provider of student loan guarantee services under the FFEL Program. EdFund offers students a wide range of financial aid and debt management information while supporting schools with advanced loan processing solutions and default prevention techniques.

McGraw-Hill Education is a global leader in educational materials and professional information. With offices in more than 30 countries and publications in more than 40 languages, the McGraw-Hill Education develops products that influence people's lives, throughout their lives, from preschool through career. The scope of our operations, the quality of our editorial product, and the pace at which we are developing new media to fulfill our customers' information requirements are increasing. Wherever in the world you are, whatever in the world you need to know, The McGraw-Hill Companies is there, keeping the world up to speed.

McGraw-Hill is excited to support your goals through all of our disciplines: Allied Health, Business, Computer Education, Electronics, Engineering, and General Education. From traditional textbooks, to E-books to course cartridges for your course management system. McGraw-Hill delivers complete classroom solutions based on your needs.

Microsoft and McGraw-Hill have an exclusive partnership with Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Internet Academy program offering educators a world class dimension in authoritative teaching and learning tools. McGraw-Hill is your provider of the Microsoft Official Academic Course materials.

We invite you to visit our online catalog at www.mhhe.com.

You know you have opportunities—opportunities you should seize now. But you haven't been able to get your marketing done. You don't have the in-house expertise. Or you don't have enough people to make things happen. Or you're looking for a better way.

Whatever the case, Outsource Marketing was built for you.

We offer all the tools, all in one place: Research, strategy, planning, advertising, PR, direct marketing, sales promotion, internal communications, graphic design, Web and new media, and more. All carefully chosen to support your marketing strategy. All seamlessly integrated. So you have one point of contact and one invoice.

If you are interested, you can learn more about what marketing outsourcing is and isn't.

SMART develops hardware and software tools that help groups access and share the information they need to meet, teach, train and present.

SMART Technologies is the industry pioneer and market leader in developing collaborative products for classrooms and meeting rooms. Founded in 1987 by partners David Martin and Nancy Knowlton, SMART began as the Canadian distributor for a U.S. projector company. Revenue generated through projector sales was directed toward the research and development of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard that would enable groups to interact and instantaneously share information with people in the same room or around the world.

With offices in Seattle, Tacoma and Portland, Williams Kastner has been serving clients in the Northwest since 1929. Their Education Law practice team has the experience, resources and knowledge to provide legal services in the areas of risk management, litigation, labor and employment, personnel policies, codes, domestic and international transactions, business planning, regulatory compliance, management of documents and electronically stored information and collections.

Lemaster Daniels offers a wide array of professional services. These include financial statements, tax planning and preparation, accounting systems consulting, business valuations and estate planning. We have provided financial statement audits, SFA attestations, and other services to the private school industry for 15 years. We continuously maintain our expertise on SFA related issues, and also on accounting and tax issues that are of particular relevance to our school clients. We emphasize that an effective system of international controls is a school's best insurance against compliance deficiencies. We work with our clients to help develop and maintain strong international control systems within their organizations.

Pearson Education is pleased to support your goals through the educational publishers we represent. As your partner, the Pearson Education family of companies represents the world_s leading career education content. We put our vast capabilities to work for you to deliver complete classroom solutions in the media and format that is appropriate for your institution and student population.

From Allied Health, to Computing and Information Technology, Electronics, Business, Automotive, Construction, Criminal Justice, and General Education, our products are supported by leading edge and easy to use technology that adds value to the classroom experience and is consistent and reliable.

You know us by our Pearson-branded imprints of Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, Benjamin Cummings, Longman, and Pearson Custom Publishing. Each of these publishers offers proven content, trusted authors, expertise in customization, and unparalleled instructor support materials. We invite you to visit our online catalog at pearsoned.com. Thank you for your business and we look forward to contributing to your continued success.

Blackboard transforms employee learning, training and development experiences through technology that delivers robust, interactive, and dynamic professional education where and when it is needed. Corporations, government, associations, and for-profit educational institutions worldwide use Blackboard to create continuous learning environments and to provide diverse and dynamic professional education to employees. Blackboard enables the continuous delivery of learning before, during, and after the learning or training event through assessments, collaboration and social learning tools. Through improved employee development and organizational performance empowered by Blackboard, organizations maintain and grow their competitive edge. For more information, visit www.blackboard.com/ProEd.

Contact: Jody L. Jackman - Regional Sales Manager, West

Cengage Learning delivers highly-customized learning solutions for colleges, universities, instructors, students, libraries, government agencies, corporations and professionals around the world. These solutions are delivered through specialized content, applications and services that foster academic excellence and professional development, as well as provide measurable learning outcomes to its customers.

Contact: Michael Smith

Enrollment Resources helps Career Colleges and Trade Schools increase enrollment without having to increase budgets by identifying the under performing areas in your marketing—typically advertising, admissions, and lead conversion—and reallocating resources to get better performance.

You may have heard of the 50/5 rule, where 50% of your effort gets 5% of your results. We can help you identify the underperforming 50% and reinvest it in strategies and activities that will get you significantly better return on your marketing dollar.

We offer four main services:

• Advertising and Admissions Optimization
• Lead conversion programs
• Lead generation
• Mystery shopping
• Tenant Representation—Local & National Representation

All our programs are based real-world strategies and best-practices of top schools and have been proven to deliver financial results for clients

Contact Lisa Olmedo at lolmedo@graggadv.com

The Institute for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ICPT) provides pharmacy technician training and certification across the country. The National Pharmacy Technician Training Program, now in its 6th edition, has been used by community pharmacy, vocational and community college programs to provide the basis for pharmacy technician training. The Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT®) recognizes pharmacy technicians that possess a minimum knowledge base or competency to assist pharmacists in the preparation of prescriptions. The ExCPT is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) and is recognized by the National Community Pharmacists Association and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores as a psychometrically sound pharmacy technician certification exam. Highlighted are some of the benefits ICPT's products may bring to your group.

Kube & Co. is a career college advisory group specializing in contingency and retained executive search, school acquisition and divestiture services, and management and op0erational consulting. Operating since 1997, our team includes a former NATTS/ACCSCT executive director and specialists from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines in higher education that enable us to bring value added solutions to our client constituents. Talk to us about how we can put our skills and competencies to work for you.

MaxKnowledge offers a wide variety of online and blended performance improvement training programs to enhance the quality, efficiency and profitability of career colleges. Subject areas include: Admissions, Education (Faculty Training and Development), eLearning, Financial Aid, Marketing, Operations, Placement and Retention. MaxKnowledge training courses are facilitated by leading career education experts and participants receive Continuing Education Units upon completion of training. MaxKnowledge also offers a large selection of free courses in soft skills areas such as communications skills, management, leadership, creativity and innovation.

We partner with schools across the country, billing/servicing new student receivables, as well as, collecting on delinquent/defaulted in house student loans and drop student balances. We also offer line of credit advances against monthly portfolio remittances. Success in recovery lies in our intensive effort in speaking with your students directly, as well as letter campaigns and extended services. If you are interested in increasing your school's enrollment, increasing cash flow and freeing up your personnel to focus on the growth of your school, give Partners a call. YOU are our #1 PRIORITY.

Patterson Dental Supply is a full service dental dealer with locations in the United Sates and Canada. For a complete list of branch locations go to www.pattersondental.com. Patterson Dental Supply carries a large number of brand name dental manufacturers in the supply, equipment, and technology categories. Patterson Dental is the exclusive distributor of Schick Digital X-ray products, The Cerec chairside CAD/CAM system, CAESY Patient Education Systems, and Eaglesoft Practice Management and Clinical Software. We also provide technical service, office design, and financing programs for our clients.

Ask for Stephen Breitbart at 800-832-5626

With more than 35 years of successful student tuition financing experience, TFC Credit Corporation thoroughly understands the needs and strategies of schools. We have managed the student tuition receivables of over 2500 schools and take pride in our industry-wide reputation for professional excellence.

TFC provides the professional servicing required to efficient and effectively manage your student loan receivables.

Our TFC Advanced Cash Program generates "Upfront Cash" to your school while professionally managing your accounts.

At the heart of Vector Careers is the desire to facilitate and support education. We are a highly successful and respected national recruiting firm that specializes in placing high level executives such as Regional VP's and Campus Presidents along with Directors of Admissions, Finance, Career Services, etc., and the people that support these teams. Our proven team of experienced recruiters represents a level of expertise in the educational market that is recognized and utilized by many of the world's leading institutions. Vector Careers is dedicated to providing candidates and companies with the highest quality and most time-efficient recruiting services. We cultivate many successful partnerships with a sense of integrity, professionalism, individual pride and company spirit.