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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Summary of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers | The following table presents the Company’s revenues from contracts with customers disaggregated by material revenue category for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2021 (in thousands):
| For the three months March 31, |  |
| 2020 |  | 2021 |  |  |  |
U.S. Higher Education Segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tuition, net of discounts, grants and scholarships | $ | 245,320 |  |  | $ | 217,477 |  |  |  |  |
Other(1) | 10,193 |  |  | 9,070 |  |  |  |  |
Total U.S. Higher Education Segment | 255,513 |  |  | 226,547 |  |  |  |  |
Australia/New Zealand Segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tuition, net of discounts, grants and scholarships | — |  |  | 50,222 |  |  |  |  |
Other(1) | — |  |  | 1,043 |  |  |  |  |
Total Australia/New Zealand Segment | — |  |  | 51,265 |  |  |  |  |
Alternative Learning Segment(2) | 9,789 |  |  | 12,524 |  |  |  |  |
Consolidated revenue | $ | 265,302 |  |  | $ | 290,336 |  |  |  |  |
_________________________________________ (1)Other revenue is primarily comprised of academic fees, sales of course materials, placement fees and other non-tuition revenue streams. (2)Alternative Learning revenue is primarily derived from tuition revenue.
Schedule of Graduation Fund liability | The table below presents activity in the contract liability related to the Graduation Fund (in thousands):
| For the three months ended March 31,
| 2020 |  | 2021
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 49,641 |  |  | $ | 53,314 |
Revenue deferred | 7,179 |  |  | 6,516 |
Benefit redeemed | (5,608) |  |  | (5,421) |
Balance at end of period | $ | 51,212 |  |  | $ | 54,409 |

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