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Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Investments from Continuing Operations | Investments of our continuing operations consist of the following as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 (dollars in thousands):
|  | December 31, 2016 |
|  |  |  |  |  | Gross Unrealized |  |  |  |  |
|  | Cost |  |  | Gain |  |  | (Loss) |  |  | Fair Value |
Short-term investments (available for sale): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | 4,050 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 4,050 |
Non-governmental debt securities |  |  | 107,305 |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | (113 | ) |  |  | 107,214 |
Treasury and federal agencies |  |  | 36,480 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | (73 | ) |  |  | 36,417 |
Total short-term investments |  |  | 147,835 |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | (186 | ) |  |  | 147,681 |
Restricted short-term investments (available for sale): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-governmental debt securities |  |  | 8,597 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 8,597 |
Total investments (available for sale) |  | $ | 156,432 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | (186 | ) |  | $ | 156,278 |
|  | December 31, 2015 |
|  |  |  |  |  | Gross Unrealized |  |  |  |  |
|  | Cost |  |  | Gain |  |  | (Loss) |  |  | Fair Value |
Short-term investments (available for sale): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | 1,500 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (11 | ) |  | $ | 1,489 |
Non-governmental debt securities |  |  | 76,999 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (242 | ) |  |  | 76,757 |
Treasury and federal agencies |  |  | 36,779 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | (127 | ) |  |  | 36,655 |
Total short-term investments |  |  | 115,278 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | (380 | ) |  |  | 114,901 |
Long-term investments (available for sale): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Municipal bond |  |  | 7,850 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (476 | ) |  |  | 7,374 |
Total investments (available for sale) |  | $ | 123,128 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | (856 | ) |  | $ | 122,275 |
Schedule of Available-for-Sale Investments | A schedule of available-for-sale investments segregated by their original stated terms to maturity as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 are as follows (dollars in thousands):
|  | Less than one year |  |  | One to five years |  |  | Five to ten years |  |  | Greater than ten years |  |  | Total |
Original stated term to maturity of available-for-sale- investments as of December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 113,040 |  |  | $ | 39,459 |  |  | $ | 800 |  |  | $ | 2,979 |  |  | $ | 156,278 |
Original stated term to maturity of available-for-sale- investments as of December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 71,000 |  |  | $ | 43,552 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 7,723 |  |  | $ | 122,275 |
Investments Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis | Investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis subject to the disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 820 – Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (dollars in thousands):
|  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 4,050 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 4,050 |
Non-governmental debt securities |  |  | 33,597 |  |  |  | 82,214 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 115,811 |
Treasury and federal agencies |  |  | - |  |  |  | 36,417 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 36,417 |
Totals |  | $ | 33,597 |  |  | $ | 122,681 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 156,278 |
|  | As of December 31, 2015 |
|  | Level 1 |  |  | Level 2 |  |  | Level 3 |  |  | Total |
Municipal bonds |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 1,489 |  |  | $ | 7,374 |  |  | $ | 8,863 |
Non-governmental debt securities |  |  | - |  |  |  | 76,757 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 76,757 |
Treasury and federal agencies |  |  | - |  |  |  | 36,655 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 36,655 |
Totals |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 114,901 |  |  | $ | 7,374 |  |  | $ | 122,275 |
Schedule of Maintenance Fee Payment to CCKF | We make periodic operating maintenance payments related to proprietary rights that we use in our intellipathTM adaptive learning technology. The total fees paid to CCKF for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 were as follows (dollars in thousands):
|  | Maintenance Fee Payments |
For the year ended December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 1,375 |
For the year ended December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 1,390 |
For the year ended December 31, 2014 (1) |  | $ | 1,972 |
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| (1) | Maintenance fee payments through October 2014 were incurred prior to an increase in ownership for CCKF. Through October 2014, CCKF was accounted for as a cost method investment.

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