Laureate Education, Inc. is a for-profit education services company based in Baltimore, Maryland that owns and operates campus-based and online universities through the Laureate International Universities network.

In 2004, Sylvan Learning Systems became Laureate Education, Inc.

Kendall College is a subsidiary.

College of Santa Fe (known since 2010 as Santa Fe University of Art and Design) is a subsidiary.

Canter Graduate Courses is a subsidiary.

Walden University is a subsidiary.

Business and Information Technology School in Iserlohn, Germany is owned by Laureate.

Douglas Becker is a choreographer and teacher working in many idioms, including contemporary ballet and improvisation throughout Europe and the United States. A founding member and principal dancer of the Frankfurt Ballet, where he performed with distinction for over 10 years, under the direction of choreographer William Forsythe; he played a pivotal role in the creation of many signature pieces and is one of a number of individuals around the world with the authority to remount Forsythe repertoire.

During the past decade of making his own creations, Becker's choreography has been hailed as "innovative and energetic, very graphic and with purity of movement", and praised for its "delicate, intricate partnering and fleet movements". Becker's collaborative process of choreographic development improvises upon and utilizes dancers' individual talents and characteristics.

Spanning over a decade of choreographic investigation recent commissions include Extreme Memory created for the National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam in 2005. To Each His Own, was for Switzerland's Grand Théâtre de Genève in 2004, which included repeat invitations to work with Ballet de Lorraine and Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur de Danse, both in France. His improvisation workshop and installation piece, The Third Eye, created for the Museum of Grenoble, was restaged for CCN Ballet de Lorraine in 2003. As a Flemish Government Arts Commission grant recipient, Becker directed and performed in a stage work, Brutal Elves in the Woods, for Brussels' multidisciplinary arts organization Nadine. Due to popular acclaim, in 2002 it was expanded and a second part added. Since 2000, Becker has been a Guest Lecturer at University of California Irvine, in choreography, Forsythe repertoire, improvisation and ballet technique.

Jerome Stuart Burg (August 2, 1935 – May 13, 2004) was a Financial Advisor and Radio Personality in the Arizona area, but was nationally known, appearing on network news programs such as 60 Minutes and being quoted in national publications, including USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.