New Horizons World# (GREY:NWRZ)

New Horizons Worldwide, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, franchises and operates computer-schools in the United States and internationally. The company offers personal computing applications training, technical software training, business skills, and healthcare information management courses. It provides instructor-led learning programs that include training vouchers, club memberships, technical certification programs, and individual classes. The company also offers e-learning courses, which are delivered through Online ANYTIME Web-based and computer-based training; and Online LIVE, an instructor-facilitated training delivered live over the Internet. In addition, it offers Mentored Learning that incorporates video-based instruction, Web technologies, and a mentor in the education and training process. Further, New Horizons provides franchises with systems of instruction; sales and management concepts concerning computer training; and courseware materials and e-learning products. The company’s customers primarily include public and private corporations, service organizations, governmental entities, and municipalities. As of December 31, 2009, it owned and operated 4 schools in the continental United States and 1 in the United Kingdom; and had a system-wide network of 301 centers in 64 countries. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.