Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Segments [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
	2012			2011			2010
Net revenues:
The Art Institutes	$	1,738,542		$	1,791,176		$	1,597,072
Argosy University	397,458			431,097			344,382
Brown Mackie Colleges	314,801			348,140			301,850
South University	310,166			317,216			265,217
Total EDMC	$	2,760,967		$	2,887,629		$	2,508,521
EBITDA excluding certain expenses:
The Art Institutes	$	477,466		$	531,163		$	455,188
Argosy University	56,652			97,481			66,338
Brown Mackie Colleges	62,041			96,740			98,045
South University	4,790			38,375			50,744
Corporate and other	(91,068		)	(102,159		)	(76,592		)
Total EDMC	509,881			661,600			593,723
Reconciliation to consolidated (loss) income before income taxes:
Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairments	1,746,765			—			—
Loss on extinguishment of debt	9,474			11,368			47,207
Restructuring and other	11,633			610			6,776
Lease termination	2,500			—			—
Loss on EFL program loans	—			13,236			—
Management agreement termination fee	—			—			29,555
Previously deferred stock-based compensation costs	—			—			15,223
Depreciation and amortization	158,663			146,480			123,359
Net interest expense	110,330			120,694			121,456
(Loss) income before income taxes	$	(1,529,484	)	$	369,212		$	250,147

Expenditures for long-lived assets:
The Art Institutes	$	42,970	$	58,447	$	79,963
Argosy University	6,573		8,777		9,796
Brown Mackie Colleges	11,906		22,865		34,375
South University	9,056		6,539		13,423
Corporate and other	23,041		41,477		38,225
Total EDMC	$	93,546	$	138,105	$	175,782
	As of June 30,
Assets: (1)	2012		2011
The Art Institutes	$	1,804,221	$	3,060,939
Argosy University	298,037		451,611
Brown Mackie Colleges	268,694		482,155
South University	241,982		284,259
Corporate and other	226,161		274,171
Total EDMC	$	2,839,095	$	4,553,135