Lumen to launch Lumen Circles, a facilitated, peer-based professional development platform and services solution for higher education 

PORTLAND, Ore. (June 16, 2020) – Lumen Learning announced it has acquired the intellectual property and higher education assets of Faculty Guild, a coaching service created in 2017 by education technology entrepreneur David Yaskin and a talented team of postsecondary educators. 

Lumen will incorporate technology and other elements from Faculty Guild into Lumen Circles, a new professional development offering for postsecondary faculty. Lumen Circles brings together a unique virtual platform and a facilitated, peer-based fellowship program to help faculty members improve teaching effectiveness and bolster student success. 

Read more about Lumen’s acquisition of Faculty Guild’s professional development platform and other assets in the full announcement.