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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts |
(In thousands) | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Write-offs (Recoveries) of Doubtful Accounts |  | Balance at End of Period
Year ended December 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 10,298 |  |  | $ | (245 | ) |  | $ | 870 |  |  | $ | 9,183 |
Year ended December 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 10,017 |  |  | $ | 692 |  |  | $ | 411 |  |  | $ | 10,298 |
Year ended December 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 9,939 |  |  | $ | 206 |  |  | $ | 128 |  |  | $ | 10,017 |
(In thousands) | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Write-offs (Recoveries) of Doubtful Accounts |  | Balance at End of Period
Year ended December 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful student notes | $ | 8,622 |  |  | $ | 19,019 |  |  | $ | 11,959 |  |  | $ | 15,682 |
Year ended December 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful student notes | $ | 17,603 |  |  | $ | 12,595 |  |  | $ | 21,576 |  |  | $ | 8,622 |
Year ended December 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful student notes | $ | 14,948 |  |  | $ | 15,336 |  |  | $ | 12,681 |  |  | $ | 17,603 |

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