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Segment Reporting - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 Cmp
CTU [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Students enrolled expressed as percentage of enrollment	63.00%
CTU [Member] | Fully Online [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of enrollment	92.00%
AIU [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Students enrolled expressed as percentage of enrollment	34.00%
AIU [Member] | Fully Online [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of enrollment	94.00%
Culinary Arts [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Students enrolled expressed as percentage of enrollment	2.00%
Transitional Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Students enrolled expressed as percentage of enrollment	1.00%
Number of campuses completed teach out activities	3

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The number of campuses which completed their teach-out activities for the reporting period.

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The percentage of student enrollment for a specific group of the total entity.

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