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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 360

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

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Total loss recognized during the period from the impairment of goodwill plus the loss recognized in the period resulting from the impairment of the carrying amount of intangible assets, other than goodwill.

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The amount recovered from insurance. These recoveries reduce costs and losses that are reported as a separate line item under operating expenses.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3)

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