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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Interest cost capitalized and incurred |
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Interest incurred |  | $ | 2,292 |  | $ | 2,656 |  | $ | 2,538
Interest capitalized |  |  | 756 |  |  | 487 |  |  | 1,210
Interest expense |  | $ | 1,536 |  | $ | 2,169 |  | $ | 1,328
Schedule of Revenues Disaggregated by Nature of Transfer of Services | The following table presents our revenues disaggregated by the nature of transfer of services for the six months ended June 30, 2018:
Tuition revenues |  | $ | 522,430
Ancillary revenues (housing, meals, fees, golf, hotel, arena, other) |  |  | 91,245
Total revenues |  |  | 613,675
Scholarships |  |  | (101,176)
Net Revenues |  | $ | 512,499
Schedule of Restatements on Consolidated Income Statement |
|  | For the year ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2016
|  | As Reported |  | As Reclassified |  | As Reported |  | As Reclassified
Costs and expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Technology and academic services |  | — |  | 41,834 |  | — |  | 39,101
Counseling services and support |  | — |  | 188,595 |  | — |  | 175,045
Marketing and communication |  | — |  | 109,092 |  | — |  | 98,592
General and administrative |  | 43,759 |  | 27,157 |  | 43,219 |  | 28,079
University related expenses |  | — |  | 324,140 |  | — |  | 294,188
Loss on transaction |  | — |  | 562 |  | — |  | 1,136
Instructional costs and services |  | 410,840 |  | — |  | 373,101 |  | —
Admissions advisory and related |  | 128,544 |  | — |  | 119,286 |  | —
Advertising |  | 98,608 |  | — |  | 88,152 |  | —
Marketing and promotional |  | 9,629 |  | — |  | 8,860 |  | —
Lease termination costs |  | — |  | — |  | 3,523 |  | —
Total costs and expenses |  | 691,380 |  | 691,380 |  | 636,141 |  | 636,141

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