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STUDENT RECEIVABLES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Receivables [Abstract] |
Changes in Current and Non-Current Receivables Allowance | Changes in our current and non-current receivables allowance for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:
|  | Balance, Beginning of Period |  |  | Charges to Expense (1) |  |  | Amounts Written-off |  |  | Balance, End of Period |
| (Dollars in thousands) |
For the quarter ended March 31, 2013 |  | $ | 47,158 |  |  | $ | 6,673 |  |  | $ | (12,025 | ) |  | $ | 41,806 |
For the quarter ended March 31, 2012 |  | $ | 63,541 |  |  | $ | 8,970 |  |  | $ | (13,880 | ) |  | $ | 58,631 |
(1) | Charges to expense include an offset for recoveries of amounts previously written off of $2.7 million and $2.8 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

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