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Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Dec. 31, 2016
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	19. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On February 15, 2017, Career Education Corporation and American InterContinental University entered into a settlement agreement with the private plaintiffs (or “relators”) in the False Claims Act case, United States of America, ex rel. Melissa Simms Powell, et al. v. American InterContinental University Inc., a Georgia Corporation, Career Education Corp., a Delaware Corporation and John Doe Nos. 1-100. The United States declined to intervene in the lawsuit, which was pursued by relators as a qui tam action on behalf of the government. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will pay $10.0 million to the United States. On February 16, 2017, the United States filed its consent to dismissal of the action with prejudice for the period from December 2007 through May 2009. On February 16, 2017 the case was dismissed with prejudice as to the United States as described and with prejudice as to the relators in its entirety. As a result of the settlement, the action has been fully resolved. In addition to the $10.0 million settlement, the Company entered into a separate settlement agreement on February 15, 2017 with the relators for relators’ claims for attorney’s fees and costs. Under the terms of this agreement the Company will pay $22.0 million to the attorneys representing the relators. This settlement agreement resolved all claims by relators for their attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with the action.