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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt premium.

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Fair value, after the effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement and not elected to be offset.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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The difference between the book value and the sale price of options, swaps, futures, forward contracts, and other derivative instruments. This element refers to the gain (loss) included in earnings.

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Number of foreign currency exchange rate derivatives held by the entity at the reporting date.

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Derivative Instruments - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands, R$ in Millions		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 20, 2020 USD ($) educationalInstitution derivativeInstrument R$ / $	Nov. 20, 2020 BRL (R$) educationalInstitution derivativeInstrument R$ / $
Derivative [Line Items]
Payments on derivatives related to sale of discontinued operations			$ (50,341)	$ 0
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability		$ 0	0		$ 25,824
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Currency Swap notional amount
Derivative [Line Items]
Unamortized premium						$ 18,294
Realized loss	$ 33,710
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Swap
Derivative [Line Items]
Cross currency swaps		0	0		17,680
Cross currency swaps		0	$ 0		$ 8,144
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Brazil, Brazil Real \| Currency Swap notional amount
Derivative [Line Items]
Number of currency derivatives held (derivative instrument) \| derivativeInstrument						6	6
Derivative notional amount						$ 343,783	R$ 1,875
Derivative, exchange rate \| R$ / $						5.4540	5.4540
Payments on derivatives related to sale of discontinued operations		$ 1,663
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Brazil, Brazil Real \| Currency Swap, Deal Contingent
Derivative [Line Items]
Number of interest rate derivatives held \| educationalInstitution						2	2
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Brazil, Brazil Real \| Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract, Instrument Three and Four
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount \| R$							R$ 1,900
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Brazil, Brazil Real \| Cross Current Interest Rate Contract, Instrument Four
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount \| R$							950
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Brazil, Brazil Real \| Cross Current Interest Rate Contract, Instrument Three
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount \| R$							R$ 950
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Brazil, Brazil Real \| Put/Call Options \| Currency Swap notional amount
Derivative [Line Items]
Number of interest rate derivatives held \| educationalInstitution						4	4