Stamford's Cengage Learning Developing Courses for Arkansas Community College

-based , maker of software-based teaching, learning and research tools, is working with NorthWest Arkansas Community College to develop a series of workforce development courses for professionals in the Bentonville, Ark. area.

In a release, David Garza, vice president, career and computing, Cengage Learning, said the courses, which include Microsoft Office and Mobile Applications Programming, "will help [Bentonville] area professionals to remain an asset to their employers and expand their knowledge-base to stay employable during these tough economic times."

Development of the courses is being funded using part of a $2.15 million Acceleration, Resources, Knowledge Grant that was awarded to the Northwestern Arkansas, Eastern Oklahoma and Southern Missouri region through the Obama Administration's Innovation Accelerator Challenge.

For more, check out the press release.