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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 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 and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2021 (in thousands):
| For the three months ended September 30, |  | For the nine months ended September 30, |  |
| 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  |  |  |
U.S. Higher Education Segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tuition, net of discounts, grants and scholarships | $ | 221,235 |  |  | $ | 184,126 |  |  | $ | 704,251 |  |  | $ | 605,036 |  |  |  |  |
Other(1) | 9,076 |  |  | 7,767 |  |  | 28,923 |  |  | 25,611 |  |  |  |  |
Total U.S. Higher Education Segment | 230,311 |  |  | 191,893 |  |  | 733,174 |  |  | 630,647 |  |  |  |  |
Australia/New Zealand Segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tuition, net of discounts, grants and scholarships | — |  |  | 64,456 |  |  | — |  |  | 187,018 |  |  |  |  |
Other(1) | — |  |  | 768 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,531 |  |  |  |  |
Total Australia/New Zealand Segment | — |  |  | 65,224 |  |  | — |  |  | 190,549 |  |  |  |  |
Alternative Learning Segment(2) | 8,715 |  |  | 12,961 |  |  | 26,985 |  |  | 38,391 |  |  |  |  |
Consolidated revenue | $ | 239,026 |  |  | $ | 270,078 |  |  | $ | 760,159 |  |  | $ | 859,587 |  |  |  |  |
_________________________________________ (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 nine months ended September 30,
| 2020 |  | 2021
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 49,641 |  |  | $ | 53,314 |
Revenue deferred | 19,044 |  |  | 15,005 |
Benefit redeemed | (17,077) |  |  | (16,733) |
Balance at end of period | $ | 51,608 |  |  | $ | 51,586 |

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