Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 156,909	$ 324,801
Restricted cash	20,192	20,774
Receivables:
Accounts and notes receivable	152,037	117,987
Other receivables	78,405	96,229
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(57,564)	(62,226)
Receivables, net	172,878	151,990
Income tax receivable	26,519	30,474
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	24,025	16,280
Total current assets	400,523	544,319
Property and equipment:
Land	126,789	121,173
Buildings	345,558	328,343
Furniture, equipment and software	478,110	459,189
Leasehold improvements	114,245	106,813
Construction in-progress	7,503	9,622
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(566,150)	(525,623)
Property and equipment, net	506,055	499,517
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	382,248	384,344
Goodwill	570,614	546,795
Tradenames	149,064	142,848
Deferred costs, net	5,588	5,981
Deferred income taxes	46,630	38,713
Other assets	41,227	42,629
Long-term assets held for sale	0	6,164
Total assets	2,101,949	2,211,310
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	34,456	26,870
Accrued expenses	57,141	65,558
Accrued compensation and benefits	71,405	90,454
Deferred revenue and student deposits	50,468	43,959
Current portion of operating leases	39,513	38,149
Current portion of long-term debt and finance leases	46,096	49,082
Income taxes payable	49,387	38,705
Other current liabilities	21,450	18,097
Current liabilities held for sale	0	1,054
Total current liabilities	369,916	371,928
Long-term operating leases, less current portion	367,744	377,104
Long-term debt and finance leases, less current portion	89,872	104,588
Deferred compensation	12,046	11,896
Income taxes payable	125,381	96,463
Deferred income taxes	92,458	73,624
Other long-term liabilities	27,907	24,640
Long-term liabilities held for sale	0	9,795
Total liabilities	1,085,324	1,070,038
Redeemable equity	1,398	1,714
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share – 50,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021	0	0
Common stock, par value $0.004 per share – 700,000 shares authorized, 230,381 shares issued and 164,663 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and 228,831 shares issued and 180,611 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2021	922	915
Additional paid-in capital	2,404,243	2,388,783
Retained earnings	14,735	15,523
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(452,648)	(520,204)
Treasury stock at cost (65,718 shares held at June 30, 2022 and 48,220 shares held at December 31, 2021)	(950,410)	(744,174)
Total Laureate Education, Inc. stockholders' equity	1,016,842	1,140,843
Noncontrolling interests	(1,615)	(1,285)
Total stockholders' equity	1,015,227	1,139,558
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 2,101,949	$ 2,211,310