June 6, 2023
WESTCHESTER, IL – Follett Higher Education Group, North America’s leading provider of campus retail and course material solutions, announced the recent appointment of Daniel Green as Chief Product Officer. In this newly created role, Green will lead product management and engineering teams across Follett’s course materials business, including Willo Labs. He will ...
May 17, 2023
WESTCHESTER, IL – Follett Higher Education, North America's largest campus retailer, today announced a strategic partnership with GreenLight Credentials, the premier verified educational credentials blockchain platform. The partnership will help strengthen the college enrollment and career outcomes pipeline by making it easier for students to control their academic ...
February 24, 2023
WESTCHESTER, IL, AND NEW YORK – Follett Higher Education and The Jed Foundation (JED) announced today a new joint initiative designed to help remove barriers to mental health resources for Black youth. Follett has committed $25,000 to JED in support of their work to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for teens and young adults, giving them the skills and support they need to ...
January 23, 2023
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education Group announced today the appointment of Helena Buonanno Foulkes as Executive Chair of the company’s Board of Directors. In this role, Foulkes will serve as an advisor to the executive leadership team, support operational and strategic business objectives, and enhance campus engagement and outreach efforts.
Most recently, ...
November 16, 2022
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education, North America’s largest campus retailer, is bringing Levi’s® apparel to 18 campus stores this fall. Seasonal Levi’s® products will be available to students, faculty, and fans to conveniently purchase at their college store or online.
Levi’s® is now available at the following campuses:
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October 17, 2022
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – WESTCHESTER, Ill., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Follett Higher Education, North America's largest campus retailer, today announced the acquisition of Indianapolis-based Willo Labs, the leading technology platform that gives campuses complete control over their digital learning access and makes it easier to achieve ...
August 1, 2022
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education, North America’s largest campus retailer, today announced its powerful and groundbreaking Follett ACCESS program continues to gain momentum and improve student outcomes on more than 330 college campuses throughout its network. As today’s educational landscape continues to change, Follett ACCESS remains a viable and ...
August 1, 2022
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – The Vitamin Shoppe, an omnichannel specialty retailer of nutritional products, today announced a partnership with Follett Higher Education, to bring its high-quality health and wellness solutions to campus bookstore locations around the United States. Follett is the largest campus store operator in North America, serving over 1,100 colleges and universities ...
July 28, 2022
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education, North America’s largest campus retailer, today announced the launch of a new brand partnership with Beyond Yoga. This fall, students and campus members across 29 Follett partner schools will enjoy access to branded apparel products from the popular activewear brand.
“Beyond Yoga is known for its incredibly soft,...
March 24, 2022
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education, North America’s largest campus retailer, today announced a new retail operations partnership with Indiana University (IU), effective May 24, 2022. Under the new partnership, Follett will proudly support and serve students and campus members on IU campuses across the state, including the flagship campus in Bloomington, ...
February 23, 2022
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Officials at The Brandr Group (TBG), the leading group licensing agency in Name, Image and Likeness in college athletics, and Follett Higher Education, the largest campus store operator in North America, today announced a partnership that will bring apparel and jersey sales to schools with players who have opted in to TBG’s group licensing ...
February 2, 2022
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Corporation today announced the sale of its corporate entity as well as Follett Higher Education (FHE), the company’s collegiate retail and Follett ACCESS business, to a group of private investors led by Jefferson River Capital LLC. (JRC) a private investment company controlled by the James family.
Follett Higher Education, based in ...
November 11, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education, the largest campus retailer in North America with more than 1,100 campus locations, announced today that Oakland Community College (OCC) in Oakland County, Michigan, transitioned its campus retail operations to Follett on November 8, 2021.
Oakland Community College is the second largest institution by enrollment in the ...
November 4, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Corporation announced a change in ownership today of its Baker & Taylor division. Baker & Taylor, the world’s premier distributor of physical and digital books and services to public and academic libraries will now operate as an independent, privately-owned entity after a divestiture to a private investment group led by President ...
October 27, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett, the nation’s leader in academic solutions and innovative campus retail, has proudly partnered with the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) for nearly 23 years. This year, like several other Follett partner campuses across the nation, UDC delegated a portion of funding received from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic ...
September 1, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Corporation today announced the sale of Follett School Solutions (FSS), the company’s K-12 software and content division, to Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused global investment firm.
Follett School Solutions, based in McHenry, Ill., is a longtime trusted educational ...
July 22, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education Group, the largest campus retailer in North America, and Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) have teamed up to provide free course materials to more than 8,000 students as classes resume on campus and online this fall.
The pilot program, TAMIU Books IncludED, will be funded by the University through the Coronavirus ...
July 6, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett, the nation’s largest operator of collegiate stores and athletic campus retail experiences, today announced a new athletics partnership with the University of Houston, effective July 1, 2021.
“We are proud to partner with Follett to enhance our merchandise capabilities for our fans inside our athletics venues,” University of ...
June 22, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education Group today announced a nearly 30 percent improvement in its ranking on Digital Commerce 360’s 2021 Top 1000 report, which analyzes and ranks the leading online retailers in North America. Follett moved from #81 in 2020 to #57 in 2021.
“This past year has challenged our ecommerce teams in countless ways, but our ...
June 17, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett, the largest campus retailer in North America, today announced a new partnership with Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Under Follett’s leadership, the innovative academic retail experience at Texas Tech will bring a renewed energy to campus while focusing on integrations that improve academic support for students and faculty. ...
June 1, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Corporation, the largest campus retailer in North America with more than 1,100 campus locations, announced today that Vanderbilt University will transition its campus retail operations to Follett Higher Education Group on June 1, 2021, with plans underway for a full renovation. The partnership between Follett and Vanderbilt is resurfacing after...
May 6, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett, the largest campus retailer in North America, announced a new partnership with the University of Regina, which went into effect early March 2021. This is the first campus store for the retailer in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Follett proudly serves more than 40 institutions across Canada.
“The University of Regina is ...
May 3, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett, the largest campus retailer in North America, announced a new partnership with Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) in Henderson, NC. The partnership went into effect March 17, 2021.
The new campus store and upgraded ecommerce experience will support the five campuses that comprise VGCC.
“We are pleased to be able to partner ...
April 27, 2021
MCHENRY, ILL. – Follett today is releasing Follett MyDestiny, a digital classroom library providing educators and students in grades 3-12 unlimited, around-the-clock access to diverse eBooks, vetted resources, and learning tools with the goal of getting books in the hands of students, building background knowledge, and encouraging independent reading.
The new literacy ...
April 22, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Corporation, the largest campus retailer in North America, announced today a new partnership with the University of Iowa (UI), effective April 22, 2021. With more than 140 years in the industry, and currently serving six million students on more than 1,100 campuses, Follett is the natural choice to take UI campus retail to the next level. ...
April 8, 2021
MCHENRY, ILL. – Follett is introducing a flexible and affordable, short-term eBook solution, ideal for schools seeking a digital counterpart to their classroom novels. The Follett eBooks: 90-Day Assigned-User Access Model, intended to keep students reading anywhere, will help bridge the gap between classroom and remote learning.
A school can buy an eBook title for as low...
April 7, 2021
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – More than 77,000 students at Dallas College benefited from day-one access to course materials during the 2020-2021 academic year through Follett’s industry-leading Follett ACCESS program. Dallas College’s participation in Follett ACCESS (locally branded IncludED on Campus) makes this the largest inclusive access course materials ...
April 5, 2021
MCHENRY, ILL., AND CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Amandeep Kochar, executive vice president and general manager of Baker & Taylor, has been named winner of the “Global Leader” category in the 2021 EdTech Awards by EdTech Digest. The award is from “The EdTech Leadership Awards” portion of this year’s contest.
Kochar is responsible for leading Baker & Taylor’s ...
March 18, 2021
MCHENRY, ILL. – When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, schools were faced with many challenges — beyond remote learning to include managing previously in-person paper-based processes as well as monitoring and fulfilling students’ social and emotional needs. To meet these new and evolving needs of school districts, Follett today announced the additions of two key ...
December 17, 2020
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education Group today announced that online orders across Follett’s 1,250 ecommerce websites increased by 93% YTD as a result of consumers shifting spending from in-store to online since the early days of the pandemic.
COVID-19 accelerated a global shift to ecommerce, and during the fall back-to-school rush season, Follett&rsquo...
November 23, 2020
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Higher Education Group today announced the expansion of its Follett ACCESS program to an additional 29 college campuses this fall, providing access and affordability to even more students during the pandemic as students were away from the classroom.
Follett was first-to-market in 2012 with the ground-breaking program that includes course materials...
November 20, 2020
MCHENRY, ILL. – Follett Book eFairs continue to grow in popularity due to their streamlined setup and the ease with which coordinators can carry them out. Yet another convenient feature was added today when Follett announced it will ship online book fair orders directly to students’ homes.
Online book fair coordinators can now choose to have books shipped to either...
November 17, 2020
MCHENRY, ILL. – As the COVID-19 pandemic calls upon many schools and districts to continue distance learning, Follett has responded to educators’ needs by adding new convenient features to its student information system, which serves more than two million students throughout the United States and Canada.
Follett Aspen Student Information System has developed ...
June 11, 2020
CHICAGO AND WESTCHESTER, IL – RedShelf and Follett Higher Education Group today announced an expanded partnership to improve the digital learning experience for college students and faculty. In addition to delivering a best-in-class ebook experience, RedShelf will now be the primary delivery platform for all digital course materials for Follett campus locations nationwide.
Through the...
May 8, 2020
MCHENRY, ILL – Follett MyDestiny, a powerful learning platform designed for today’s classroom, has been selected as the winner of the “Lesson Planning Solution” category in The 2020 EdTech Awards from EdTech Digest. The award is from “The EdTech Cool Tool Awards” portion of this year’s contest.
Launched last year to design partners ...
April 22, 2020
ASHLAND, OH – Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (BTPS), a leading provider of sales and fulfillment services, is pleased to announce two new publisher partner agreements.
BTPS has signed full sales representation and distribution agreements with the following clients:
Starfish Bay Publishing, effective July 1, 2020 – U.S. & Canada
Messianic Jewish...
April 15, 2020
WESTCHESTER, IL – As more states extend school closures through the remainder of the school year, Follett and Baker & Taylor today announced they are collaborating to provide its public library partners with free access through June 30 to Lightbox and AV2 World Languages, interactive resources that allow students to independently study and learn.
Follett, in ...
March 23, 2020
MCHENRY, ILL – Mineola High School of Garden City Park, N.Y., today was named the Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Follett Challenge. The Nassau County-based school, with an enrollment of 1,026 students, earns $30,000 in Follett products and services and a celebration at their school for its entry, “Empowered Students: Preparing Students for the 4th Industrial ...
March 20, 2020
MCHENRY, ILL. – As the number of school closures mount due to the spread of COVID-19, Follett today announced it is partnering with Weigl Publishers, Inc. to offer Lightbox, a PreK-12 interactive ebook platform, and AV2 World Languages, a K-3 ebook program, free of charge to schools worldwide through June 30.
Bringing learning to life, Lightbox uses video, audio, and ...
March 18, 2020
WESTCHESTER, IL – Follett, a trusted partner to PreK-12 schools, public libraries, and college campuses for more than 145 years, is working with customers to ensure they can quickly and easily use the company’s wide range of eLearning solutions and access to content as more students shift to learning from home due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
“As we all navigate ...
March 11, 2020
MCHENRY, IL – Follett has launched a partner program that will make it easy for its Destiny and Aspen customers to implement time- and cost-saving integrations and streamline data exchange with their existing vendors. The API (Application Programming Interface) Partner Program will allow Follett to help customers extend and enhance the capabilities of their Destiny and ...
February 27, 2020
WESTCHESTER, IL – VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Feb. 26, 2020 - As libraries continue to strengthen the communities in which they operate, technology partners continue to build solutions that help make that reality much easier. Today, Baker & Taylor takes the first steps to integrate the global PressReader catalog within their Axis360 ecosystem. The move gives ...
February 26, 2020
MCHENRY, IL – Follett has released Destiny 17.5, a new version of the solution featuring important enhancements to Destiny Library Manager, Destiny Resource Manager, Destiny Discover, and Collections by Destiny. Used in more than 60 percent of U.S. public schools, Destiny is Follett’s market-leading platform for library management, digital content, and resource ...
January 21, 2020
ASHLAND, OH – Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (BTPS), a leading provider of sales and fulfillment services, is pleased to announce the signing of a full-service, international-only agreement to select markets with Albert Whitman & Company, effective immediately.
Best known for its children’s series The Boxcar Children Mysteries, Albert Whitman & ...
January 9, 2020
WHEATON, IL – Follett Higher Education Group and Wheaton College are pleased to announce the opening of our newly renovated store located in the Student Services Building in the heart of campus.
No longer simply a bookstore, the rebranded “Wheaton College Campus Store” offers expanded clothing lines, gifts, supplies and general books, as well as charging ...
December 11, 2019
WESTCHESTER, ILL – Follett Corporation announced the recent promotion of Jennifer Hatton to Executive Vice President of Retail Operations and Course Materials Solutions, and her appointment to the company’s Executive Committee. Reporting to Chief Operating Officer Clay Wahl, Hatton assumes expanded accountability for inventory management across the Follett ...
December 5, 2019
MCHENRY, ILL – The deadline for PreK-12 districts and schools to submit their nominations for the 2020 Follett Challenge is noon CST Thursday, Dec. 12. The ninth annual contest formally launched in October with more ways to win a portion of $200,000 (USD) in Follett products and/or services that will be awarded.
The change in prize structure calls for a 200 percent ...
November 7, 2019
MCHENRY, IL – Two years after introducing its book fair business, Follett is launching Follett Book eFairs, an innovative approach to reimagining the classroom book ordering process.
Follett Book eFairs allow teachers to create an online book order in less than five minutes, make custom recommendations for students, and easily communicate with parents. Significantly, ...
November 1, 2019
BLACKSBURG, V.A. – The Follett campus stores at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) continue to undergo exciting renovations. Follett began operating seven Virginia Tech campus stores (now called Hokie Shops) in March 2019 and began renovating several of them over the summer. The remodels have enhanced our customers’ shopping ...
October 30, 2019
ASHLAND, OH – Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (BTPS), a leading provider of sales and fulfillment services, is pleased to announce that Ampersand, Inc. will be its new book sales representation partner in Canada, effective January 1, 2020.
Ampersand, Inc. is a premier Canadian book and gift sales representation group, with main offices in Toronto and Vancouver. ...
October 21, 2019
MCHENRY, ILL – With newly added opportunities for PreK-12 schools and districts to win prizes, the Follett Challenge today launched its ninth annual contest that rewards innovative educational programs teaching 21st century skills to students. For 2020, the Follett Challenge is significantly increasing the number of semifinalists to nine, from which the grand prize winner ...
October 1, 2019
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Baker & Taylor, the premier provider of books, digital content and technology solutions to public libraries, announced that its Pop Up Library product will soon be available for public libraries in the United Kingdom. This marks the 6th country where Pop Up Library has been launched in 2019, a record for Baker & Taylor software and digital products.
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September 10, 2019
WESTCHESTER, IL – Follett Corporation today announced an expanded leadership role for Amandeep Kochar, who succeeded David Cully as head of Baker & Taylor, the company’s public library business unit. Cully retired August 30.
Kochar, who was promoted in June 2019 to lead Baker & Taylor, is responsible for Baker & Taylor’s Public Library ...
September 4, 2019
WESTCHESTER, IL – Follett Corporation today announced the appointment of Britten Follett to lead Follett School Solutions, the company’s PreK-12 business. A fifth-generation family member, Follett has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Follett School Solutions.
Follett most recently served as Senior Vice President of Marketing Strategy and Classroom ...
August 28, 2019
WESTCHESTER, IL – Follett Corporation today announced two executive leadership appointments tied to the company’s strategic expansion of technology and services that improve student outcomes in schools, colleges and communities across North America. Follett Higher Education President Clay Wahl has been appointed COO of Follett Corporation, and Roe J. McFarlane has...
August 27, 2019
MCHENRY, ILL – Follett is encouraging students to embrace their inner superhero as part of the fall 2019 theme for Follett Book Fairs. With more than 3,000 fairs already scheduled for Follett Book Fairs’ fifth season, the company has introduced the superhero theme to remind students, teachers, and librarians that “Reading is a Superpower.”
“As we...
August 23, 2019
CHARLOTTE, NC – Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (BTPS), a leading provider of sales and fulfillment services, is pleased to announce the signing of a full-service worldwide agreement with McSweeney’s Literary Arts Fund, the independent nonprofit publishing company started by Dave Eggers and based in San Francisco.
BTPS was chosen as the representative for all...
August 1, 2019
MCHENRY, ILL – With the 2019-20 school year approaching, Follett has released Destiny 17.0, a new version of the market-leading solution featuring important enhancements to Destiny Library Manager, Destiny Discover, Collections by Destiny, and Destiny Resource Manager. Destiny solutions are used in more than 60 percent of U.S. public schools.
Follett has scheduled a &...
July 24, 2019
WESTCHESTER, ILL. – Follett Corporation, the largest campus retailer in North America, announced today that the Wheaton College Campus Store has transitioned to Follett Higher Education Group management, bringing new products, savings and support for campus store customers. Wheaton College, in Wheaton, Illinois, selected Follett as the campus retail partner with the best ...
June 27, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), with support from Follett and in collaboration with Future Ready Librarians™, announced today it will offer as many as 150 partial-tuition scholarships for K-12 librarians ready to take the next step in becoming a Future Ready Librarian and who are affiliated with schools that identify as ...