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Equity Awards (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Schedule of Restricted Stock And Restricted Stock Units Activity

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

The table below sets forth the restricted stock and restricted stock units activity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019:

    

    

Weighted- 

Number of 

average 

shares or units

grant price

Balance, December 31, 2016

 

727,100

$

97.53

Grants

 

75,140

 

82.18

Vested shares

 

(84,908)

 

66.60

Forfeitures

 

(1,204)

 

62.28

Balance, December 31, 2017

 

716,128

 

99.65

Grants

 

159,005

 

93.30

Awards assumed through acquisition of CEC

 

136,324

 

118.29

Vested shares

 

(236,164)

 

76.78

Forfeitures

 

(37,343)

 

83.69

Balance, December 31, 2018

 

737,950

 

114.43

Grants

 

158,748

 

128.87

Vested shares

 

(393,588)

 

141.75

Forfeitures

 

(34,160)

 

79.02

Balance, December 31, 2019

 

468,950

$

98.98

Schedule of Stock Option Activity and Other Stock Option Information

Stock Options

The table below sets forth the stock option activity and other stock option information for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019:

    

    

    

Weighted- 

    

average 

Weighted- 

remaining 

Aggregate 

Number of 

average 

contractual 

intrinsic value(1) 

shares

exercise price

life (years)

(in thousands)

Balance, December 31, 2016

 

100,000

$

51.95

 

4.1

$

2,868

Grants

 

 

Exercises

 

 

Forfeitures

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2017

 

100,000

 

51.95

 

3.1

 

3,763

Grants

 

 

Awards assumed through acquisition of CEC

 

319,846

 

66.98

Exercises

 

(162,831)

 

58.11

Forfeitures

 

(769)

 

51.96

Balance, December 31, 2018

 

256,246

 

66.80

 

7.0

 

11,947

Grants

 

 

Exercises

 

(208,114)

 

67.61

Forfeitures/Expirations

 

(2,036)

 

58.38

Balance, December 31, 2019

 

46,096

$

63.49

 

5.2

$

4,398

Exercisable, December 31, 2019

 

24,246

$

60.27

 

4.0

$

2,391

(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

The following table reflects the amount of stock-based compensation expense recorded in each of the expense line items for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018, and 2019 (in thousands):

    

2017

    

2018

    

2019

Instructional and support costs

$

1,943

$

2,588

$

3,823

General and administration

 

9,684

 

10,702

 

7,970

Merger and integration costs

 

 

2,242

 

367

Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expense

 

11,627

 

15,532

 

12,160

Tax benefit

 

4,593

 

3,922

 

3,126

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax

$

7,034

$

11,610

$

9,034