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Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 Sanford Brown Trade Name [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Le Cordon Bleu Trade Name [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Le Cordon Bleu Trade Name [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Royalty Rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Discount Rate [Member]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Determining fair value discount rate						30.00%
Royalty rate						4.50%
Fair value terminal growth rate						3.00%
Trade name impairment charge	$ 0			$ 1,700,000	$ 2,300,000	$ 10,700,000
Fair value of trade name impairment charge	40,387,000	40,387,000	56,006,000			27,300,000
Percentage change in royalty rate		0.50%
Percentage change in discount rate		1.00%
Change in fair value							$ 3,000,000	$ 300,000

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Sum of the carrying amounts of all intangible assets, excluding goodwill, as of the balance sheet date, net of accumulated amortization and impairment charges.

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