v3.26.1
Business Segments (Information by Operating Segment) (Details 1) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Jun. 30, 2025
Jun. 30, 2026
Jun. 30, 2025
Dec. 31, 2025
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues $ 1,302,506 $ 1,215,772 $ 2,538,498 $ 2,381,687  
Depreciation Expense 18,281 19,652 36,675 40,206  
Amortization of Intangible Assets (5,978) (7,241) (12,033) (15,065)  
Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 0 0 (19,029) 0  
Income from Operations 83,634 72,751 141,467 120,224  
Equity in (losses) earnings of affiliates, net (19,863) 3,114 14,987 (5,314)  
Interest Expense, Net (15,292) (15,845) (29,046) (95,622)  
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit income, net 169,649 28,602 200,722 63,219  
Gain (loss) on marketable equity securities, net 101,879 (11,543) 32,956 32,258  
Other expense, net (2,531) (16,456) (2,959) (20,521)  
Income Before Income Taxes 317,476 60,623 358,127 94,244  
Capital Expenditures 19,750 19,820 40,619 33,923  
Investments in Marketable Equity Securities 1,083,092   1,083,092   $ 1,081,938
Investments in Affiliates 208,550   208,550   229,565
Prepaid Pension Cost 2,723,553   2,723,553   2,772,394
Total Assets 8,141,109   8,141,109   8,395,713
Operating Segments [Member] | Reportable Segment, Aggregation before Other Operating Segment [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 1,209,721 1,126,806 2,363,751 2,207,828  
Cost of Revenue [1] 674,806 587,976 1,291,126 1,164,222  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 162,601 167,072 327,535 327,585  
Occupancy Expense 27,506 30,881 56,915 60,674  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 19,569 21,191 38,998 40,411  
Networking and Programming Expense 29,846 31,207 59,969 62,564  
Management Services [3] 2,325 2,059 4,617 4,111  
Other Segment Items [4] 142,961 139,992 288,534 274,726  
EBITDAP 150,107 146,428 296,057 273,535  
Pension Service Cost 9,240 8,613 18,300 18,357  
Depreciation Expense 14,891 16,122 30,175 32,732  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 125,976 121,693 247,582 222,446  
Capital Expenditures 12,386 15,287 29,758 24,696  
Identifiable Assets 3,606,428   3,606,428   3,875,019
Operating Segments [Member] | Education [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 417,808 436,813 858,287 861,544  
Cost of Revenue [1] 159,247 159,017 326,674 325,104  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 113,770 120,627 231,427 233,947  
Occupancy Expense 25,497 29,024 52,874 56,946  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 19,569 21,191 38,998 40,411  
Other Segment Items [5] 38,875 47,245 85,246 91,288  
EBITDAP 60,850 59,709 123,068 113,848  
Pension Service Cost 4,672 4,413 9,111 8,636  
Depreciation Expense 5,659 7,412 11,713 15,176  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 50,519 47,884 102,244 90,036  
Capital Expenditures 4,003 5,376 8,453 10,117  
Identifiable Assets 1,688,035   1,688,035   2,008,574
Operating Segments [Member] | Education [Member] | Kaplan Corporate and Other [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 284 23 555 35  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 5,101 5,406 9,603 10,416  
Occupancy Expense 363 72 737 135  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 128 122 221 250  
Other Segment Items [5] 1,919 1,428 1,155 2,493  
EBITDAP (7,227) (7,005) (11,161) (13,259)  
Pension Service Cost 530 406 937 794  
Depreciation Expense 10 5 19 11  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale (7,767) (7,416) (12,117) (14,064)  
Capital Expenditures 5 7 5 7  
Identifiable Assets 28,364   28,364   34,973
Operating Segments [Member] | Education [Member] | Intersubsegment Eliminations [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues (620) (280) (1,315) (707)  
Cost of Revenue [1] (223) (242) (562) (669)  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] (83) (22) (157) (22)  
Occupancy Expense (269)   (536)    
Other Segment Items [5] (316) (1) (50) 36  
EBITDAP 271 (15) (10) (52)  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 271 (15) (10) (52)  
Operating Segments [Member] | Education [Member] | Kaplan International [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 252,375 272,171 524,011 533,427  
Cost of Revenue [1] 85,092 89,421 175,093 177,518  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 72,089 76,656 148,481 147,322  
Occupancy Expense 24,436 27,540 50,714 54,565  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 7,320 8,758 15,519 16,943  
Other Segment Items [6] 25,914 33,320 60,199 63,852  
EBITDAP 37,524 36,476 74,005 73,227  
Pension Service Cost 50 146 176 286  
Depreciation Expense 4,611 6,393 9,579 12,942  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 32,863 29,937 64,250 59,999  
Capital Expenditures 2,940 3,713 6,240 6,500  
Identifiable Assets 1,312,886   1,312,886   1,551,682
Operating Segments [Member] | Education [Member] | Higher Education [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 86,293 84,738 178,696 173,225  
Cost of Revenue [1] 61,158 56,721 127,401 123,383  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 3,962 5,242 7,767 9,719  
Occupancy Expense 159 184 317 360  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 1,919 2,131 3,839 4,008  
Other Segment Items [7] 115 216 516 440  
EBITDAP 18,980 20,244 38,856 35,315  
Pension Service Cost 2,032 1,889 3,952 3,697  
Depreciation Expense 300 383 567 839  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 16,648 17,972 34,337 30,779  
Capital Expenditures 601 492 1,416 665  
Identifiable Assets 115,230   115,230   174,738
Operating Segments [Member] | Education [Member] | Supplemental Education [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 79,476 80,161 156,340 155,564  
Cost of Revenue [1] 13,220 13,117 24,742 24,872  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 32,701 33,345 65,733 66,512  
Occupancy Expense 808 1,228 1,642 1,886  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 10,202 10,180 19,419 19,210  
Other Segment Items [8] 11,243 12,282 23,426 24,467  
EBITDAP 11,302 10,009 21,378 18,617  
Pension Service Cost 2,060 1,972 4,046 3,859  
Depreciation Expense 738 631 1,548 1,384  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 8,504 7,406 15,784 13,374  
Capital Expenditures 457 1,164 792 2,945  
Identifiable Assets 231,555   231,555   247,181
Operating Segments [Member] | Television Broadcasting [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 109,630 105,984 221,183 209,538  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 27,745 26,818 55,030 54,582  
Networking and Programming Expense 29,846 31,207 59,969 62,564  
Other Segment Items [9] 16,232 14,502 31,250 29,130  
EBITDAP 35,807 33,457 74,934 63,262  
Pension Service Cost 1,619 1,532 3,107 2,951  
Depreciation Expense 2,345 2,625 4,681 5,253  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 31,843 29,300 67,146 55,058  
Capital Expenditures 1,758 1,284 4,694 1,482  
Identifiable Assets 381,276   381,276   393,097
Operating Segments [Member] | Healthcare Division [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 247,651 202,219 456,991 375,960  
Cost of Revenue [1] 162,496 121,952 296,432 222,067  
Other Segment Items [10] 56,899 51,337 110,981 101,743  
EBITDAP 28,256 28,930 49,578 52,150  
Pension Service Cost 1,643 1,993 3,529 4,992  
Depreciation Expense 1,913 1,723 3,827 3,509  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 24,700 25,214 42,222 43,649  
Capital Expenditures 3,568 4,449 5,733 5,066  
Identifiable Assets 396,712   396,712   355,627
Operating Segments [Member] | Healthcare Division [Member] | Other Healthcare [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 99,128 88,804 190,687 172,297  
Cost of Revenue [1] 47,456 39,905 90,248 76,046  
Other Segment Items [10] 36,235 34,183 70,306 68,167  
EBITDAP 15,437 14,716 30,133 28,084  
Pension Service Cost 1,643 1,993 3,529 4,992  
Depreciation Expense 1,612 1,540 3,233 3,150  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 12,182 11,183 23,371 19,942  
Capital Expenditures 2,348 4,211 2,946 4,530  
Identifiable Assets 194,926   194,926   227,457
Operating Segments [Member] | Healthcare Division [Member] | CSI [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 148,523 113,415 266,304 203,663  
Cost of Revenue [1] 115,040 82,047 206,184 146,021  
Other Segment Items [11] 20,664 17,154 40,675 33,576  
EBITDAP 12,819 14,214 19,445 24,066  
Pension Service Cost 0 0 0 0  
Depreciation Expense 301 183 594 359  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 12,518 14,031 18,851 23,707  
Capital Expenditures 1,220 238 2,787 536  
Identifiable Assets 201,786   201,786   128,170
Operating Segments [Member] | Manufacturing [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 133,280 96,218 258,314 194,223  
Cost of Revenue [1] 98,107 65,368 186,321 135,105  
Other Segment Items [12] 20,037 17,545 40,749 34,123  
EBITDAP 15,136 13,305 31,244 24,995  
Pension Service Cost 1,255 654 2,485 1,730  
Depreciation Expense 3,037 2,654 6,172 5,357  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 10,844 9,997 22,587 17,908  
Capital Expenditures 2,391 2,686 4,079 6,059  
Identifiable Assets 553,100   553,100   535,006
Operating Segments [Member] | Automotive [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 301,352 285,572 568,976 566,563  
Cost of Revenue [1] 254,956 241,639 481,699 481,946  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 21,086 19,627 41,078 39,056  
Occupancy Expense 2,009 1,857 4,041 3,728  
Management Services [3] 2,325 2,059 4,617 4,111  
Other Segment Items [13] 10,918 9,363 20,308 18,442  
EBITDAP 10,058 11,027 17,233 19,280  
Pension Service Cost 51 21 68 48  
Depreciation Expense 1,937 1,708 3,782 3,437  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale 8,070 9,298 13,383 15,795  
Capital Expenditures 666 1,492 6,799 1,972  
Identifiable Assets 587,305   587,305   582,715
Operating Segments [Member] | Other Businesses [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale [14] (16,650) (25,666) (40,250) (55,113)  
Identifiable Assets 366,190   366,190   357,408
Operating Segments [Member] | Other Businesses and Corporate Office [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues [15] 93,562 89,591 176,161 175,108  
Capital Expenditures [16] 7,364 4,533 10,861 9,227  
Corporate Office [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Asset Group Held for Sale (19,714) (16,035) (34,803) (32,044)  
Identifiable Assets 153,296   153,296   $ 79,389
Intersegment Elimination [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues $ (777) $ (625) $ (1,414) $ (1,249)  
[1] Cost of revenue reflects the amounts reported and provided to the CODM and does not necessarily reconcile to the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations or align across reportable segments. Cost of revenue excludes charges related to depreciation, which is shown separately above.
[2] Excludes pension service cost, which is shown separately above. Excludes any payroll and related benefits costs captured in cost of revenue.
[3] Management and operating services provided by Christopher J. Ourisman and his team of industry professionals.
[4] Other segment items for each reportable segment include:
[5] Education (includes Kaplan International, Kaplan Higher Education and Kaplan Supplemental Education) - training and employment expense, travel meals and entertainment expense, operating fees and other general and administrative (G&A) expenses.
[6] Kaplan international - travel meals and entertainment expense, training and employment expense, operating fees and other G&A expenses.
[7] Higher education - training and employment expense, operating fees and other G&A expenses.
[8] Supplemental education - training and employment expense, operating fees and other G&A expenses.
[9] Television Broadcasting - other broadcast expenses, facilities expenses, third-party commission costs and other selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses.
[10] Healthcare - indirect costs (e.g. payroll and benefits expenses, G&A expenses) and other SG&A expenses.
[11] Other segment items for CSI include indirect costs (e.g. payroll and benefits expenses, G&A expenses) and other SG&A expenses.
[12] Manufacturing - payroll and fringe benefits expense (SG&A) and other SG&A expenses.
[13] Automotive - advertising and marketing expense and other G&A expenses.
[14] Profit or loss from operating segments below the quantitative thresholds attributable to Other Businesses as described above. These operating segments did not meet any of the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments.
[15] Revenue from segments below the quantitative thresholds is attributable to Other Businesses and the Corporate Office, as described above. None of these operating segments meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments.
[16] Capital Expenditures from operating segments below the quantitative thresholds are attributable to Other Businesses and the Corporate Office, as described above. None of these operating segments meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments.