Revenue (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by revenue source for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

	Three Months Ended   March 31
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Education Revenue
Higher education	$	99,830		$	111,111
Professional (U.S.)	33,356			33,199
Test preparation	59,151			64,568
Kaplan international	183,582			164,562
Kaplan corporate and other	285			14
Intersegment elimination	(705		)	(557		)
	375,499			372,897
Television broadcasting	108,802			91,496
Manufacturing	117,406			61,898
Healthcare	37,621			36,899
SocialCode	13,299			12,574
Other	6,833			6,953
Intersegment elimination	(24		)	—
Total Revenue	$	659,436		$	582,717

Contract with Customer, Liability [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability

The following table presents the change in the Company's deferred revenue balance during the period ended March 31, 2018:

	As of
	March 31, 2018		January 1, 2018		%
(in thousands)					Change
Deferred revenue	$	298,543	$	342,640	(13)

Capitalized Contract Cost [Line Items]

Capitalized Contract Cost

The following table presents changes in the Company’s costs to obtain a contract asset during the period ended March 31, 2018:

(in thousands)	Balance at Beginning of Period		Costs associated with new contracts		Less: Costs amortized during the period			Other		Balance at End of Period
2018	$	19,178	$	11,575	$	(11,013	)	$	329	$	20,069