Segment Reporting - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026 Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reporting segments	3
Segment Reporting, CODM, Individual Title and Position or Group Name [Extensible Enumeration]	President and Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Segment Reporting, CODM, Profit (Loss) Measure, How Used, Description	We evaluate segment performance based on operating results. Specifically, our CODM analyzes segment revenue and operating expenses which are directly attributable to the cost to serve and educate prospective students when making decisions to allocate resources based on segment performance.
CTU [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Students enrolled expressed as percentage of enrollment	70.00%
CTU [Member] \| Fully Online [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of enrollment	98.00%
AIUS [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Students enrolled expressed as percentage of enrollment	21.00%
AIUS [Member] \| Fully Online [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of enrollment	97.00%
USAHS [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Students enrolled expressed as percentage of enrollment	9.00%

Percentage of enrollment.

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- Definition

The percentage of student enrollment for a specific group of the total entity.

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- Definition

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Indicates title and position of individual or name of group identified as chief operating decision maker (CODM) for segment reporting.

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- Definition

Description of how chief operating decision maker (CODM) uses reported segment profit (loss) measure to assess performance and allocate resource.

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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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