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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, beginning balance	$ 87,356,000us-gaap_Goodwill	[1]			$ 87,356,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Goodwill impairment			(74,600,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Goodwill ending balance	87,356,000us-gaap_Goodwill		87,356,000us-gaap_Goodwill	[1]	87,356,000us-gaap_Goodwill
CTU [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, beginning balance	45,938,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_CtuMember	[1]			45,938,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_CtuMember
Goodwill impairment
Goodwill ending balance	45,938,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_CtuMember				45,938,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_CtuMember
AIU [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, beginning balance	41,418,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_AiuMember	[1]			41,418,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_AiuMember
Goodwill impairment
Goodwill ending balance	41,418,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_AiuMember				41,418,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ceco_AiuMember
Career Colleges [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, beginning balance		[1]
Goodwill impairment
Goodwill ending balance
Transitional Schools [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, beginning balance		[1]
Goodwill impairment
Goodwill ending balance
[1] Goodwill impairments of approximately $74.6 million were recorded during the year ended December 31, 2012.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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