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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)

12 Months Ended

14 Months Ended

22 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Dec. 31, 2023

Dec. 31, 2022

Dec. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Dec. 31, 2024

Nov. 15, 2023

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table

In accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we provide the following disclosure regarding executive compensation for our principal executive officer (“PEO”) and Non-PEO named executive officers (“NEOs”) and Company performance for the fiscal years listed below. The table below does not necessarily reflect value actually earned, realized, or received by our PEO and Non-PEO NEOs. The Compensation Committee did not consider the pay versus performance disclosure below in making its pay decisions for any of the years shown.


	Summary		Summary							Average Summary		Average		Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based on:4
	Compensation		Compensation		Compensation			Compensation		Compensation		Compensation		Total						Adjusted
	Table Total		Table Total		Actually Paid			Actually Paid		Table Total for		Actually Paid to		Shareholder		Peer		Net		Operating
Year	for Todd S. Nelson1		for Andrew H. Hurst1		to Todd S. Nelson1,2,3			to Andrew H. Hurst1,2,3		Non-PEO NEOs1		Non-PEO NEOs1,2,3		Return ("TSR")		Group TSR		Income ($ Millions)		Income5 ($ Millions)
(a)	(b)		(b)		(c)			(c)		(d)		(e)		(f)		(g)		(h)		(i)
2024	$	6,725,760	-		$	13,858,164		-		$	2,129,998	$	3,871,501	$	145.08	$	105.11	$	147.6	$	194.6
2023	$	4,504,386	$	4,086,115	$	9,264,665		$	1,090,971	$	1,718,696	$	2,854,849	$	96.74	$	89.58	$	147.7	$	199.2
2022	$	4,512,179	$	2,537,725	$	5,745,977		$	3,004,639	$	1,415,745	$	1,659,444	$	75.58	$	73.31	$	95.9	$	175.8
2021	$	4,998,632	-		$	4,575,611		-		$	1,425,824	$	1,283,784	$	63.95	$	93.43	$	109.6	$	183.6
2020	$	4,870,453	-		$	(35,983	)	-		$	1,319,620	$	99,805	$	68.68	$	111.02	$	124.3	$	170.6

(1) Todd S. Nelson was our PEO from 2020 through January 20, 2022, then again from November 16, 2023 to present. Andrew H. Hurst was our PEO from January 20, 2022 through November 15, 2023. The individuals comprising the Non-PEO named executive officers for each fiscal year presented are listed below.


2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Andrew H. Hurst	Andrew H. Hurst	Ashish R. Ghia	Ashish R. Ghia	Ashish R. Ghia
Ashish R. Ghia	Ashish R. Ghia	Greg E. Jansen	Greg E. Jansen	Greg E. Jansen
Jeffrey D. Ayers	Jeffrey D. Ayers	John R. Kline	John R. Kline	John R. Kline
John R. Kline	John R. Kline	Elise L. Baskel	Elise L. Baskel	Elise L. Baskel

(2) The amounts shown for Compensation Actually Paid have been calculated in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K and do not reflect compensation actually earned, realized, or received by the Company’s NEOs. These amounts reflect the Summary Compensation Table Total with certain adjustments as described in footnote 3 below.

(3) Compensation Actually Paid reflects the exclusions and inclusions of certain amounts for the PEO and the Non-PEO NEOs as set forth below. Equity values are calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Amounts in the Exclusion of Stock Awards column are the totals from the Stock Awards column set forth in the Summary Compensation Table. Compensation Actually Paid values for 2023 have been updated from last year's disclosure to reflect revised performance share accruals at 2023 year end and to be consistent with accounting treatment.


	Summary
	Compensation		Exclusion of		Inclusion of			Compensation
	Table Total for		Stock Awards		Equity Values			Actually Paid to
Year	Todd S. Nelson		for Todd S. Nelson		for Todd S. Nelson			Todd S. Nelson
2024	$	6,725,760	$	2,351,513	$	9,483,917		$	13,858,164
2023	$	4,504,386	$	2,004,036	$	6,764,315		$	9,264,665
2022	$	4,512,179	$	2,043,087	$	3,276,885		$	5,745,977
2021	$	4,998,632	$	2,297,832	$	1,874,811		$	4,575,611
2020	$	4,870,453	$	2,169,753	$	(2,736,683	)	$	(35,983	)


	Summary
	Compensation		Exclusion of		Inclusion of			Compensation
	Table Total for		Stock Awards		Equity Values			Actually Paid to
Year	Andrew H. Hurst		for Andrew H. Hurst		for Andrew H. Hurst			Andrew H. Hurst
2023	$	4,086,115	$	1,240,590	$	(1,754,554	)	$	1,090,971
2022	$	2,537,725	$	1,070,169	$	1,537,083		$	3,004,639


	Average Summary							Average
	Compensation		Average Exclusion of		Average Inclusion of			Compensation
	Table Total for		Stock Awards		Equity Values			Actually Paid to
Year	Non-PEO NEOs		Non-PEO NEOs		Non-PEO NEOs			Non-PEO NEOs
2024	$	2,129,998	$	555,054	$	2,296,557		$	3,871,501
2023	$	1,718,696	$	534,067	$	1,670,220		$	2,854,849
2022	$	1,415,745	$	490,290	$	733,989		$	1,659,444
2021	$	1,425,824	$	480,891	$	338,851		$	1,283,784
2020	$	1,319,620	$	409,676	$	(810,139	)	$	99,805

The amounts in the Inclusion of Equity Values in the tables above are derived from the amounts set forth in the following tables:


	Fiscal Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards		Change in Fair Value			Vesting-Date Fair Value of Equity		Change in Fair Value From Last Day of Prior			Fair Value at Last
	Granted During Fiscal		from Last Day			Awards Granted		Fiscal Year to Vesting			Day of Prior Fiscal
	Year That Remained		of Prior Fiscal			During Fiscal		Date of Unvested Equity			Year of Equity
	Unvested as of Last		Year to Last Day			Year that Vested		Awards that Vested			Awards Forfeited			Total Inclusion of
	Day of Fiscal Year		of Fiscal Year			During Fiscal Year		During Fiscal Year			During Fiscal Year			Equity Values
Year	for Todd S. Nelson		for Todd S. Nelson			for Todd S. Nelson		for Todd S. Nelson			for Todd S. Nelson			for Todd S. Nelson
2024	$	5,347,469	$	4,107,876		$	0	$	28,572		$	0		$	9,483,917
2023	$	3,853,015	$	2,995,276		$	0	$	(83,976	)	$	0		$	6,764,315
2022	$	2,728,042	$	662,876		$	0	$	(114,033	)	$	0		$	3,276,885
2021	$	2,286,168	$	(238,435	)	$	0	$	(63,793	)	$	(109,129	)	$	1,874,811
2020	$	1,785,276	$	(2,879,354	)	$	0	$	(1,642,604	)	$	0		$	(2,736,683	)


	Fiscal Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards		Change in Fair Value		Vesting-Date Fair Value of Equity		Change in Fair Value from Last Day of			Fair Value at Last Day of
	Granted During Fiscal		from Last Day		Awards Granted		Prior Fiscal Year to			Prior Fiscal Year of
	Year That Remained		of Prior Fiscal		During Fiscal Year		Vesting Date of Unvested			Equity Awards
	Unvested as of Last		Year to Last Day		that Vested During		Equity Awards that Vested			Forfeited During			Total Inclusion of
	Day of Fiscal Year		of Fiscal Year for		Fiscal Year for		During Fiscal Year			Fiscal Year for			Equity Values for
Year	for Andrew H. Hurst		Andrew H. Hurst		Andrew H. Hurst		for Andrew H. Hurst			Andrew H. Hurst			Andrew H. Hurst
2023	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	(20,863	)	$	(1,733,691	)	$	(1,754,554	)
2022	$	1,428,948	$	131,156	$	0	$	(23,021	)	$	0		$	1,537,083


	Average Fiscal Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards		Average Change in Fair Value			Average Vesting- Date Fair Value of Equity		Average Change in Fair Value from Last			Average Fair Value at Last
	Granted During Fiscal		from Last Day of			Awards Granted		Day of Prior Fiscal Year			Day of Prior Fiscal
	Year That Remained		Prior Fiscal Year			During Fiscal		to Vesting Date of Unvested			Year of Equity			Total Average
	Unvested as of Last		to Last Day of			Year that Vested		Equity Awards that Vested			Awards Forfeited			Inclusion of
	Day of Fiscal Year		Fiscal Year for			During Fiscal Year		During Fiscal Year			During Fiscal Year			Equity Values
Year	for Non-PEO NEOs		Non-PEO NEOs			for Non-PEO NEOs		for Non-PEO NEOs			for Non-PEO NEOs			for Non-PEO NEOs
2024	$	1,262,222	$	1,029,727		$	0	$	4,608		$	0		$	2,296,557
2023	$	1,026,821	$	656,769		$	0	$	(13,370	)	$	0		$	1,670,220
2022	$	654,662	$	95,423		$	0	$	(16,096	)	$	0		$	733,989
2021	$	478,450	$	(46,861	)	$	0	$	(75,925	)	$	(16,813	)	$	338,851
2020	$	337,082	$	(893,953	)	$	0	$	(253,267	)	$	0		$	(810,139	)

(4) The Peer Group TSR set forth in this table utilizes the companies used as a peer group for purposes of the Company’s disclosures under Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K. The returns of each component issuer of the group have been weighted according to their stock market capitalization at the beginning of each period. The comparison assumes $100 was invested for the period starting December 31, 2019, through the end of the listed year in the Company and in the companies used as a peer group, respectively. The companies used as a peer group for 2020, 2021, and 2022, are as follows: 2U, Inc., Adtalem Global Education Inc., American Public Education, Inc., Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc., Chegg, Inc., Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., Graham Holdings Company, Grand Canyon Education, Inc., Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company, Huron Consulting Group Inc., Kforce Inc., Korn Ferry, Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, Strategic Education, Inc., Stride, Inc., Universal Technical Institute, Inc., WW International, Inc., and Zovio Inc. In 2023, the Company removed Zovio Inc. as a peer due to its dissolution. In 2024, the Company removed 2U, Inc. due to its insolvency.

(5) We determined Adjusted Operating Income to be the most important financial performance measure used to link Company performance to Compensation Actually Paid to our PEOs and Non-PEO NEOs in 2023 and 2024. Adjusted Operating Income is defined, for purposes of the annual incentive plan, as set forth above in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section. For years 2020, 2021, and 2022, the most important financial measure was Adjusted EBITDA; the change from Adjusted EBITDA to Adjusted Operating Income did not involve a substantive or economic value change and was made for more consistent nomenclature. We may determine a different financial performance measure to be the most important financial performance measure in future years. For a reconciliation of adjusted operating income to operating income, the most directly corresponding GAAP financial measure, see Appendix A.

Company Selected Measure Name

Adjusted Operating Income

Named Executive Officers, Footnote

1) Todd S. Nelson was our PEO from 2020 through January 20, 2022, then again from November 16, 2023 to present. Andrew H. Hurst was our PEO from January 20, 2022 through November 15, 2023. The individuals comprising the Non-PEO named executive officers for each fiscal year presented are listed below.


2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Andrew H. Hurst	Andrew H. Hurst	Ashish R. Ghia	Ashish R. Ghia	Ashish R. Ghia
Ashish R. Ghia	Ashish R. Ghia	Greg E. Jansen	Greg E. Jansen	Greg E. Jansen
Jeffrey D. Ayers	Jeffrey D. Ayers	John R. Kline	John R. Kline	John R. Kline
John R. Kline	John R. Kline	Elise L. Baskel	Elise L. Baskel	Elise L. Baskel

Peer Group Issuers, Footnote

The Peer Group TSR set forth in this table utilizes the companies used as a peer group for purposes of the Company’s disclosures under Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K. The returns of each component issuer of the group have been weighted according to their stock market capitalization at the beginning of each period. The comparison assumes $100 was invested for the period starting December 31, 2019, through the end of the listed year in the Company and in the companies used as a peer group, respectively. The companies used as a peer group for 2020, 2021, and 2022, are as follows: 2U, Inc., Adtalem Global Education Inc., American Public Education, Inc., Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc., Chegg, Inc., Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., Graham Holdings Company, Grand Canyon Education, Inc., Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company, Huron Consulting Group Inc., Kforce Inc., Korn Ferry, Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, Strategic Education, Inc., Stride, Inc., Universal Technical Institute, Inc., WW International, Inc., and Zovio Inc. In 2023, the Company removed Zovio Inc. as a peer due to its dissolution. In 2024, the Company removed 2U, Inc. due to its insolvency.

Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote

3) Compensation Actually Paid reflects the exclusions and inclusions of certain amounts for the PEO and the Non-PEO NEOs as set forth below. Equity values are calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Amounts in the Exclusion of Stock Awards column are the totals from the Stock Awards column set forth in the Summary Compensation Table. Compensation Actually Paid values for 2023 have been updated from last year's disclosure to reflect revised performance share accruals at 2023 year end and to be consistent with accounting treatment.


	Summary
	Compensation		Exclusion of		Inclusion of			Compensation
	Table Total for		Stock Awards		Equity Values			Actually Paid to
Year	Todd S. Nelson		for Todd S. Nelson		for Todd S. Nelson			Todd S. Nelson
2024	$	6,725,760	$	2,351,513	$	9,483,917		$	13,858,164
2023	$	4,504,386	$	2,004,036	$	6,764,315		$	9,264,665
2022	$	4,512,179	$	2,043,087	$	3,276,885		$	5,745,977
2021	$	4,998,632	$	2,297,832	$	1,874,811		$	4,575,611
2020	$	4,870,453	$	2,169,753	$	(2,736,683	)	$	(35,983	)


	Summary
	Compensation		Exclusion of		Inclusion of			Compensation
	Table Total for		Stock Awards		Equity Values			Actually Paid to
Year	Andrew H. Hurst		for Andrew H. Hurst		for Andrew H. Hurst			Andrew H. Hurst
2023	$	4,086,115	$	1,240,590	$	(1,754,554	)	$	1,090,971
2022	$	2,537,725	$	1,070,169	$	1,537,083		$	3,004,639


	Average Summary							Average
	Compensation		Average Exclusion of		Average Inclusion of			Compensation
	Table Total for		Stock Awards		Equity Values			Actually Paid to
Year	Non-PEO NEOs		Non-PEO NEOs		Non-PEO NEOs			Non-PEO NEOs
2024	$	2,129,998	$	555,054	$	2,296,557		$	3,871,501
2023	$	1,718,696	$	534,067	$	1,670,220		$	2,854,849
2022	$	1,415,745	$	490,290	$	733,989		$	1,659,444
2021	$	1,425,824	$	480,891	$	338,851		$	1,283,784
2020	$	1,319,620	$	409,676	$	(810,139	)	$	99,805

The amounts in the Inclusion of Equity Values in the tables above are derived from the amounts set forth in the following tables:


	Fiscal Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards		Change in Fair Value			Vesting-Date Fair Value of Equity		Change in Fair Value From Last Day of Prior			Fair Value at Last
	Granted During Fiscal		from Last Day			Awards Granted		Fiscal Year to Vesting			Day of Prior Fiscal
	Year That Remained		of Prior Fiscal			During Fiscal		Date of Unvested Equity			Year of Equity
	Unvested as of Last		Year to Last Day			Year that Vested		Awards that Vested			Awards Forfeited			Total Inclusion of
	Day of Fiscal Year		of Fiscal Year			During Fiscal Year		During Fiscal Year			During Fiscal Year			Equity Values
Year	for Todd S. Nelson		for Todd S. Nelson			for Todd S. Nelson		for Todd S. Nelson			for Todd S. Nelson			for Todd S. Nelson
2024	$	5,347,469	$	4,107,876		$	0	$	28,572		$	0		$	9,483,917
2023	$	3,853,015	$	2,995,276		$	0	$	(83,976	)	$	0		$	6,764,315
2022	$	2,728,042	$	662,876		$	0	$	(114,033	)	$	0		$	3,276,885
2021	$	2,286,168	$	(238,435	)	$	0	$	(63,793	)	$	(109,129	)	$	1,874,811
2020	$	1,785,276	$	(2,879,354	)	$	0	$	(1,642,604	)	$	0		$	(2,736,683	)


	Fiscal Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards		Change in Fair Value		Vesting-Date Fair Value of Equity		Change in Fair Value from Last Day of			Fair Value at Last Day of
	Granted During Fiscal		from Last Day		Awards Granted		Prior Fiscal Year to			Prior Fiscal Year of
	Year That Remained		of Prior Fiscal		During Fiscal Year		Vesting Date of Unvested			Equity Awards
	Unvested as of Last		Year to Last Day		that Vested During		Equity Awards that Vested			Forfeited During			Total Inclusion of
	Day of Fiscal Year		of Fiscal Year for		Fiscal Year for		During Fiscal Year			Fiscal Year for			Equity Values for
Year	for Andrew H. Hurst		Andrew H. Hurst		Andrew H. Hurst		for Andrew H. Hurst			Andrew H. Hurst			Andrew H. Hurst
2023	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	(20,863	)	$	(1,733,691	)	$	(1,754,554	)
2022	$	1,428,948	$	131,156	$	0	$	(23,021	)	$	0		$	1,537,083


	Average Fiscal Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards		Average Change in Fair Value			Average Vesting- Date Fair Value of Equity		Average Change in Fair Value from Last			Average Fair Value at Last
	Granted During Fiscal		from Last Day of			Awards Granted		Day of Prior Fiscal Year			Day of Prior Fiscal
	Year That Remained		Prior Fiscal Year			During Fiscal		to Vesting Date of Unvested			Year of Equity			Total Average
	Unvested as of Last		to Last Day of			Year that Vested		Equity Awards that Vested			Awards Forfeited			Inclusion of
	Day of Fiscal Year		Fiscal Year for			During Fiscal Year		During Fiscal Year			During Fiscal Year			Equity Values
Year	for Non-PEO NEOs		Non-PEO NEOs			for Non-PEO NEOs		for Non-PEO NEOs			for Non-PEO NEOs			for Non-PEO NEOs
2024	$	1,262,222	$	1,029,727		$	0	$	4,608		$	0		$	2,296,557
2023	$	1,026,821	$	656,769		$	0	$	(13,370	)	$	0		$	1,670,220
2022	$	654,662	$	95,423		$	0	$	(16,096	)	$	0		$	733,989
2021	$	478,450	$	(46,861	)	$	0	$	(75,925	)	$	(16,813	)	$	338,851
2020	$	337,082	$	(893,953	)	$	0	$	(253,267	)	$	0		$	(810,139	)

Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount

$ 2,129,998

$ 1,718,696

$ 1,415,745

$ 1,425,824

$ 1,319,620

Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount

$ 3,871,501

2,854,849

1,659,444

1,283,784

99,805

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure

Total Shareholder Return Vs Peer Group

Tabular List, Table

Tabular List of Most Important Financial Performance Measure. The following presents the financial performance measure that the Company considers to have been the most important in linking Compensation Actually Paid to our PEOs and other NEOs for 2024 to Company performance. The financial performance component of AIP and the performance condition used for performance-based restricted stock units were based solely on a company-wide Adjusted Operating Income performance measure.

Adjusted Operating Income

Total Shareholder Return Amount

$ 145.08

96.74

75.58

63.95

68.68

Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount

105.11

89.58

73.31

93.43

111.02

Net Income (Loss)

$ 147,600,000

$ 147,700,000

$ 95,900,000

$ 109,600,000

$ 124,300,000

Company Selected Measure Amount

194,600,000

199,200,000

175,800,000

183,600,000

170,600,000

PEO Name

Todd S. Nelson

Andrew H. Hurst

Additional 402(v) Disclosure

2) The amounts shown for Compensation Actually Paid have been calculated in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K and do not reflect compensation actually earned, realized, or received by the Company’s NEOs. These amounts reflect the Summary Compensation Table Total with certain adjustments as described in footnote 3 below.