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STUDENT RECEIVABLES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
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, 2014 and 2013 were as follows (dollars in thousands):
|  | Balance, Beginning of Period |  |  | Charges to Expense (1) |  |  | Amounts Written-off |  |  | Balance, End of Period |
For the quarter ended March 31, 2014 |  | $ | 27,953 |  |  | $ | 5,866 |  |  | $ | (8,056 | ) |  | $ | 25,763 |
For the quarter ended March 31, 2013 |  | $ | 39,163 |  |  | $ | 5,751 |  |  | $ | (11,179 | ) |  | $ | 33,735 |
(1) | Charges to expense include an offset for recoveries of amounts previously written off of $2.3 million and $2.1 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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