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Student Receivables - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Student receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and net of deferred tuition revenue	$ 3.3	$ 4.0
Minimum [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Student receivables write-off period, days past due	90 days

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- Definition

The amount of net student receivables incurred as a result of extended payment plan financing, net of deferred revenue and allowance for doubtful accounts as well as the aggregate value of amounts due from customers related to the recourse loan program.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Threshold period past due for trade accounts receivable to write off as uncollectible, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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