BALTIMORE, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureate Education, Inc.

BALTIMORE, Sept.

BALTIMORE, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureate Education, Inc. has acquired Instituto Superior de Linguas e Administracao (ISLA), the third largest and oldest private institute of higher education in Portugal.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Media Design School, a leading institution of higher education in New Zealand, has joined the Laureate International Universities network. Media Design School, located in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, was founded in 1998.

BALTIMORE and MADRID, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Six universities in the Laureate International Universities network will confer an honorary doctorate degree to Nelson Mandela, the first president of South Africa and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, in recognition of his tireless fight against apartheid within and beyond the borders of his country.