Houghton Mifflin is one of the leading educational publishers in the United States, publishing textbooks, instructional technology, assessments, and other educational materials for teachers and students of every age.

The Company also publishes an extensive line of reference works and award-winning fiction and nonfiction for adults and young readers.

Houghton Mifflin has built a reputation as one of the premier U.S. publishing houses for more than 150 years. The Company traces its history back to 1832, when publishers William Ticknor and James Fields assembled perhaps the most distinguished list of writers ever associated with one American firm, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, and Henry David Thoreau.

Today, Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Company is one of the leading educational publishers in the United States. Houghton Mifflin integrates print and technology materials that meet the needs of students and teachers at every age to learn, to progress, and to improve their skills for professional growth.

For more than 150 years, it has been our mission to enrich people's lives by satisfying the lifelong need to learn and be entertained. We work closely with authors to turn ideas into publications of quality and distinction that educate, inform, and delight. In a new era of publishing, our legacy of quality thrives as we combine imagination with technology, bringing you New Ways to Know®.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• We believe that every individual has the right to be educated.


• We are dedicated to product excellence and strive to surpass each customer's expectations.


• We encourage and foster creativity and personal growth for our authors, employees, customers, and students alike.


• We embrace and instigate change, incorporating the latest technologies in everything we do.


• We take responsibility for our business, encouraging leadership and collaboration throughout the Company.


• We communicate and interact with honesty and integrity.

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Comprehensive learning programs for students and teachers in pre-K through grade 8

SECONDARY EDUCATION
Extensive offering of print and technology materials for grades 6–12

HIGHER EDUCATION
Print and technology-based instructional materials and support for college courses

SUPPLEMENTAL LEARNING MATERIALS
Curriculum-based supplemental resources for pre-K through grade 12

EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS
Educational testing products in print, CD-ROM, and online formats

CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS
Assessments that measure intellectual, cognitive, and behavioral development

ADULT FICTION AND NONFICTION
Award-winning titles from an esteemed list of both new and established authors

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS
Award-winning picture books, board books, middle grade, and young adult titles

REFERENCE
Dictionaries, thesauri, and a variety of books about writing, language, and culture

Houghton Mifflin offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to help employees balance their work and personal life, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision care plans designed to provide competitive, quality, and flexible coverage


• A 401(k) and retirement program uniquely designed to help employees prepare for a financially secure future


• Short term and long term disability insurance provide income replacement to employees who cannot work because of serious accident or illness


• Life insurance for employees and their dependents


• Paid holidays, vacation, and personal days


• Flexible spending accounts to help employees save taxes on health care and dependent care expenses


• Scholarships and partial/full tuition reimbursement


• Confidential telephone and online employee assistance program


• Bank at work program, including the Houghton Mifflin Credit Union


• Convenient direct deposit


• Discounts on Houghton Mifflin books

This is a brief summary of the Houghton Mifflin benefits program. Plan eligibility and premium costs may vary based on your work status (full-time, part-time, project, or temporary) and the number of hours you are scheduled to work each week. If any statement in this summary conflicts with applicable plan documents, the plan document will govern in all cases.