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Fair Value In Excess Of Carrying Value Percentage.

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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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Percentage of revenue declined.

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This element represents potential impairment of goodwill and intangible assets.

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Total loss recognized during the period from the impairment of goodwill plus the loss recognized in the period resulting from the impairment of the carrying amount of intangible assets, other than goodwill.

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Fair value portion of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, that lack physical substance, having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2016	May 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets					$ 5,447	$ 4,089	$ 6,419
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)					18,300
Goodwill			$ 588,007		588,007	552,329
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill), Total			$ 342,856		$ 342,856	$ 323,731
Percentage Of Intangible Assets Including Goodwill			44.00%		44.00%
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired					$ 55,700
Goodwill, Impairment Loss					$ 98,784
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate					14.00%	13.00%
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair Value In Excess Of Carrying Value Percentage		56.00%
American University of the Caribbeans [Member] \| Accreditation [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair Value In Excess Of Carrying Value Percentage		7.00%
Devry University [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Percentage Of Revenue Declined	23.00%
Fair Value In Excess Of Carrying Value Percentage	6.00%
Goodwill			$ 22,196		$ 22,196
Percentage of Decline In Operating Income Before Special Charges	12.70%
Potential Impairment Of Goodwill And Intangible Assets					$ 23,800
Percentage Of Cost Savings On Revenue Decline	90.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	14.80%
Carrington [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair Value In Excess Of Carrying Value Percentage		8.00%
Percentage of Decline In Revenue					8.00%
Impairment Income Tax Benefit					$ 30,400
Percentage of revenue below plan				12.00%
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment, Total					$ 147,700
Implied Goodwill				$ 5,800
Goodwill, Impairment Loss			$ 5,800
Carrying Value In Excess Of Implied Goodwill				93,000
Total Student Enrollment Declined Percentage			10.00%		8.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	13.80%
Impairment Of Goodwill And Intangible Assets, Net of Tax					$ 117,300
Carrington [Member] \| Title Four Eligibility And Accreditations [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets					47,000
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)			$ 42,400	6,500
Carrying Value In Excess Of Fair Value Of Intangible Assets				6,500
Goodwill, Impairment Loss				93,000
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill), Fair Value Disclosure			20,200	$ 60,700	20,200
Carrington Accreditation [Member] \| Title Four Eligibility And Accreditations [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Carrying Value In Excess Of Fair Value Of Intangible Assets			42,400		42,400
Facimp [Member] \| Grupo Ibmec [Member]
Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 116,000		$ 116,000