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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Summary of Disaggregation of Revenue | The following table presents the Company’s revenues from contracts with customers disaggregated by material revenue category for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (in thousands):
| 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020
Strayer University Segment |  |  |  |  |
Tuition, net of discounts, grants and scholarships | $ | 455,609 |  |  | $ | 517,586 |  |  | $ | 519,964 |
Other(1) | 22,230 |  |  | 19,383 |  |  | 17,669 |
Total Strayer University Segment | 477,839 |  |  | 536,969 |  |  | 537,633 |
Capella University Segment |  |  |  |  |
Tuition, net of discounts, grants and scholarships | 148,168 |  |  | 438,676 |  |  | 445,300 |
Other(1) | 8,178 |  |  | 21,492 |  |  | 21,339 |
Total Capella University Segment | 156,346 |  |  | 460,168 |  |  | 466,639 |
Australia/New Zealand Segment |  |  |  |  |
Tuition, net of discounts, grants and scholarships | — |  |  | — |  |  | 22,431 |
Other(1) | — |  |  | — |  |  | 950 |
Total Australia/New Zealand Segment | — |  |  | — |  |  | 23,381 |
Consolidated revenue | $ | 634,185 |  |  | $ | 997,137 |  |  | $ | 1,027,653 |
___________________________________________________________ (1) Other revenue is primarily comprised of academic fees, sales of textbooks, other course materials, and other revenue streams.
Schedule Of Graduation Fund Liability | The table below presents activity in the Graduation Fund for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020 (in thousands):
| December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2020
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 43,329 |  |  | $ | 49,641 |
Revenue deferred | 30,071 |  |  | 26,462 |
Benefit redeemed | (23,759) |  |  | (22,789) |
Balance at end of period | $ | 49,641 |  |  | $ | 53,314 |

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