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Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale - Loss On Impairment of Assets and Pending Discontinued Operations (Details)	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2020 BRL (R$)	Oct. 13, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 11, 2020 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	$ 578,484,000					$ 578,484,000	$ 640,630,000
Total Chile impairment						790,229,000	940,000	$ 13,110,000
Impairments of goodwill						0	0
Long-term liabilities held for sale	348,706,000					348,706,000	752,467,000
HONDURAS
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Total Chile impairment	10,000,000	$ 10,000,000
Brazil
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairments of goodwill	15,000,000	$ 190,000,000
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairments of long-lived assets						438,258,000	691,000	$ 13,112,000
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale | SAUDI ARABIA
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairments of long-lived assets							3,080,000
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale | University of Liverpool
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairments of goodwill					$ 10,030,000
Peru | Chile
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Total Chile impairment			$ 418,000,000			418,000,000
Accumulated foreign currency translation gain (losses)	293,000,000
Central America & U.S. Campuses
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of				$ 25,000,000
Total Chile impairment							$ 43,000,000
Rede Internacional de Universidades Laureate Ltda. | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale | Brazil | Anima
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions									$ 765,000,000	R$ 4,400,000,000
Cash consideration									660,700,000	3,800,000,000
Incremental earn-out									$ 35,300,000	R$ 203,000,000
Walden e-Learning, LLC | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions												$ 1,480,000,000
Termination fee												$ 88,000,000
Fundacion Nasser | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale | HONDURAS
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions											$ 29,800,000
Long-term liabilities held for sale	$ 29,500,000					$ 29,500,000

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