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Segment Reporting - Summary Financial Information by Reporting Segment (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset impairment charge | $ 11,500,000 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | $ 7,000,000 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  |  | $ 16,898,000 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | $ 8,681,000 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | $ 86,606,000 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Goodwill , trade name and asset impairment charges |  |  | 11,600,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | 10,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | 36,209,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | 22,691,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | 127,007,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment
Income from insurance recovery | 8,600,000 us-gaap_InsuranceRecoveries |  |  |  |  |  |
Settlement of a legal matter |  | 15,500,000 ceco_PendingLitigationSettlementAmount |  |  |  |  |
Career Colleges [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset impairment charge |  |  |  |  | 14,500,000 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_CareerCollegesMember |  |
Goodwill , trade name and asset impairment charges |  |  |  |  | 2,200,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_CareerCollegesMember | 4,700,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_CareerCollegesMember | 53,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_CareerCollegesMember
Settlement of a legal matter |  |  |  |  |  | 8,800,000 ceco_PendingLitigationSettlementAmount / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_CareerCollegesMember |
Corporate and Other [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income from insurance recovery |  |  |  |  | 8,600,000 us-gaap_InsuranceRecoveries / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateAndOtherMember |  | 19,000,000 us-gaap_InsuranceRecoveries / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateAndOtherMember
Transitional Group [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill , trade name and asset impairment charges |  |  |  |  |  | 3,100,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_TransitionalGroupMember | 32,600,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_TransitionalGroupMember
Settlement of a legal matter |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,700,000 ceco_PendingLitigationSettlementAmount / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_TransitionalGroupMember |

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