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Student Receivables (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
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, 2016 and 2015 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, 2016 |  | $ | 20,229 |  |  | $ | 9,607 |  |  | $ | (7,068 | ) |  | $ | 22,768 |
For the quarter ended March 31, 2015 |  | $ | 19,097 |  |  | $ | 4,269 |  |  | $ | (5,117 | ) |  | $ | 18,249 |
(1) | Charges to expense include an offset for recoveries of amounts previously written off of $2.0 million for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

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