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Stock Options, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Stock Options, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units [Abstract]  
Schedule of restricted stock and restricted stock units activity
  Number of
shares or units
  Weighted-
average
Grant price
 
Balance, December 31, 2015  634,327  $104.66 
Grants  176,802   50.67 
Vested shares  (6,588)  62.28 
Forfeitures      
Balance, March 31, 2016  804,541  $93.98 
Schedule of stock option activity and other stock option information
        Weighted-    
        average    
     Weighted-  remaining  Aggregate 
  Number of  average  contractual  intrinsic value(1) 
  shares  exercise price  life (years)  (in thousands) 
Balance, December 31, 2015  100,000  $51.95   5.1  $817 
Grants              
Exercises              
Forfeitures/Expirations              
Balance, March 31, 2016  100,000  $51.95   4.8  $ 
Exercisable, March 31, 2016  100,000  $51.95   4.8  $ 

 

 

(1)The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the respective trading day and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holder had all options been exercised on the respective trading day. The amount of intrinsic value will change based on the fair market value of the Company’s common stock.
Schedule of stock-based compensation expense
  For the three months ended 
  March 31, 
  2015  2016 
Instruction and educational support $367  $651 
Marketing      
Admissions advisory      
General and administration  2,084   2,240 
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expense  2,451   2,891 
Tax benefit  956   1,099 
Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax $1,495  $1,792