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Business Segments (Information by Operating Segment) (Details 1) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Sep. 30, 2025
Sep. 30, 2026
Sep. 30, 2025
Dec. 31, 2025
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues $ 1,326,037 $ 1,278,859 $ 3,864,535 $ 3,660,546  
Depreciation Expense 18,119 19,298 54,794 59,504  
Amortization of Intangible Assets (5,775) (9,692) (17,808) (24,757)  
Impairment of goodwill, other long-lived assets and asset group held for sale 0 (2,235) (19,029) (2,235)  
Income from Operations 85,521 67,136 226,988 187,360  
Equity in (losses) earnings of affiliates, net (3,590) 15,780 11,397 10,466  
Interest Expense, Net (14,175) (15,700) (43,221) (111,322)  
Non-operating pension and postretirement benefit income, net 47,601 31,047 248,323 94,266  
(Loss) gain on marketable equity securities, net (15,027) 84,768 17,929 117,026  
Other (expense) income, net (1,187) 7 (4,146) (20,514)  
Income Before Income Taxes 99,143 183,038 457,270 277,282  
Capital Expenditures 39,562 20,176 80,181 54,099  
Investments in Marketable Equity Securities 1,069,741   1,069,741   $ 1,081,938
Investments in Affiliates 202,339   202,339   229,565
Prepaid Pension Cost 2,789,352   2,789,352   2,772,394
Total Assets 8,289,999   8,289,999   8,395,713
Operating Segments [Member] | Reportable Segment, Aggregation before Other Operating Segment [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 1,236,499 1,195,649 3,600,250 3,403,477  
Cost of Revenue [1] 707,933 649,370 1,999,059 1,813,592  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 153,918 168,507 481,453 496,092  
Occupancy Expense 25,031 28,464 81,946 89,138  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 18,263 18,465 57,261 58,876  
Networking and Programming Expense 28,137 30,943 88,106 93,507  
Management Services [3] 2,323 2,075 6,940 6,186  
Other Segment Items [4] 141,985 153,533 430,519 428,259  
EBITDAP 158,909 144,292 454,966 417,827  
Pension Service Cost 9,750 9,154 28,050 27,511  
Depreciation Expense 14,595 16,456 44,770 49,188  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 134,564 118,682 382,146 341,128  
Capital Expenditures 28,888 13,820 58,646 38,516  
Identifiable Assets 3,747,450   3,747,450   3,875,019
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Division [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 404,282 472,662 1,262,569 1,334,206  
Cost of Revenue [1] 171,537 187,485 498,211 512,589  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 107,859 122,056 339,286 356,003  
Occupancy Expense 22,990 26,486 75,864 83,432  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 18,263 18,465 57,261 58,876  
Other Segment Items [5] 34,182 56,311 119,428 147,599  
EBITDAP 49,451 61,859 172,519 175,707  
Pension Service Cost 4,555 4,318 13,666 12,954  
Depreciation Expense 5,524 7,085 17,237 22,261  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 39,372 50,456 141,616 140,492  
Capital Expenditures 5,977 3,624 14,430 13,741  
Identifiable Assets 1,784,370   1,784,370   2,008,574
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Division [Member] | Kaplan Corporate and Other [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 369 280 924 315  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 3,174 6,390 12,777 16,806  
Occupancy Expense 368 328 1,105 463  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 37 70 258 320  
Other Segment Items [5] 1,617 1,224 2,772 3,717  
EBITDAP (4,827) (7,732) (15,988) (20,991)  
Pension Service Cost 554 398 1,491 1,192  
Depreciation Expense 11 7 30 18  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale (5,392) (8,137) (17,509) (22,201)  
Capital Expenditures 14 16 19 23  
Identifiable Assets 27,054   27,054   34,973
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Division [Member] | Intersubsegment Eliminations [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues (891) (751) (2,206) (1,458)  
Cost of Revenue [1] (358) (689) (920) (1,358)  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] (213) (42) (370) (64)  
Occupancy Expense (275) (10) (811) (10)  
Other Segment Items [5] 42 (48) (8) (12)  
EBITDAP (87) 38 (97) (14)  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale (87) 38 (97) (14)  
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Division [Member] | Kaplan International [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 230,134 294,292 754,145 827,719  
Cost of Revenue [1] 90,588 106,644 265,681 284,162  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 67,592 74,935 216,073 222,257  
Occupancy Expense 21,905 25,772 72,619 80,337  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 7,366 7,933 22,885 24,876  
Other Segment Items [6] 21,025 43,901 81,224 107,753  
EBITDAP 21,658 35,107 95,663 108,334  
Pension Service Cost 0 142 176 428  
Depreciation Expense 4,366 6,072 13,945 19,014  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 17,292 28,893 81,542 88,892  
Capital Expenditures 4,941 2,470 11,181 8,970  
Identifiable Assets 1,394,486   1,394,486   1,551,682
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Division [Member] | Higher Education [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 93,865 92,162 272,561 265,387  
Cost of Revenue [1] 67,770 67,237 195,171 190,620  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 3,851 5,881 11,618 15,600  
Occupancy Expense 169 183 486 543  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 1,547 1,733 5,386 5,741  
Other Segment Items [7] 262 282 778 722  
EBITDAP 20,266 16,846 59,122 52,161  
Pension Service Cost 1,984 1,849 5,936 5,546  
Depreciation Expense 378 314 945 1,153  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 17,904 14,683 52,241 45,462  
Capital Expenditures 289 163 1,705 828  
Identifiable Assets 127,790   127,790   174,738
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Division [Member] | Supplemental Education [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 80,805 86,679 237,145 242,243  
Cost of Revenue [1] 13,537 14,293 38,279 39,165  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 33,455 34,892 99,188 101,404  
Occupancy Expense 823 213 2,465 2,099  
Advertising and Marketing Expense 9,313 8,729 28,732 27,939  
Other Segment Items [8] 11,236 10,952 34,662 35,419  
EBITDAP 12,441 17,600 33,819 36,217  
Pension Service Cost 2,017 1,929 6,063 5,788  
Depreciation Expense 769 692 2,317 2,076  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 9,655 14,979 25,439 28,353  
Capital Expenditures 733 975 1,525 3,920  
Identifiable Assets 235,040   235,040   247,181
Operating Segments [Member] | Television Broadcasting [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 125,304 105,087 346,487 314,625  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 25,983 26,218 81,013 80,800  
Networking and Programming Expense 28,137 30,943 88,106 93,507  
Other Segment Items [9] 17,540 15,720 48,790 44,850  
EBITDAP 53,644 32,206 128,578 95,468  
Pension Service Cost 1,554 1,475 4,661 4,426  
Depreciation Expense 2,271 2,597 6,952 7,850  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 49,819 28,134 116,965 83,192  
Capital Expenditures 1,214 1,288 5,908 2,770  
Identifiable Assets 371,459   371,459   393,097
Operating Segments [Member] | Healthcare Division [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 260,252 208,415 717,243 584,375  
Cost of Revenue [1] 175,082 130,564 471,514 352,631  
Other Segment Items [10] 57,538 51,431 168,519 153,174  
EBITDAP 27,632 26,420 77,210 78,570  
Pension Service Cost 2,365 2,496 5,894 7,488  
Depreciation Expense 1,952 1,837 5,779 5,346  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 23,315 22,087 65,537 65,736  
Capital Expenditures 14,534 5,138 20,267 10,204  
Identifiable Assets 427,529   427,529   355,627
Operating Segments [Member] | Healthcare Division [Member] | Other Healthcare [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 97,963 88,033 288,650 260,330  
Cost of Revenue [1] 50,518 38,854 140,766 114,900  
Other Segment Items [10] 35,470 36,382 105,776 104,549  
EBITDAP 11,975 12,797 42,108 40,881  
Pension Service Cost 1,763 2,496 5,292 7,488  
Depreciation Expense 1,659 1,651 4,892 4,801  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 8,553 8,650 31,924 28,592  
Capital Expenditures 13,340 4,773 16,286 9,303  
Identifiable Assets 202,855   202,855   227,457
Operating Segments [Member] | Healthcare Division [Member] | CSI [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 162,289 120,382 428,593 324,045  
Cost of Revenue [1] 124,564 91,710 330,748 237,731  
Other Segment Items [11] 22,068 15,049 62,743 48,625  
EBITDAP 15,657 13,623 35,102 37,689  
Pension Service Cost 602 0 602 0  
Depreciation Expense 293 186 887 545  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 14,762 13,437 33,613 37,144  
Capital Expenditures 1,194 365 3,981 901  
Identifiable Assets 224,674   224,674   128,170
Operating Segments [Member] | Manufacturing [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 147,601 124,257 405,915 318,480  
Cost of Revenue [1] 109,015 88,082 295,336 223,187  
Other Segment Items [12] 21,774 20,953 62,523 55,076  
EBITDAP 16,812 15,222 48,056 40,217  
Pension Service Cost 1,242 866 3,727 2,596  
Depreciation Expense 2,855 3,219 9,027 8,576  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 12,715 11,137 35,302 29,045  
Capital Expenditures 3,489 1,591 7,568 7,650  
Identifiable Assets 563,192   563,192   535,006
Operating Segments [Member] | Automotive [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues 299,060 285,228 868,036 851,791  
Cost of Revenue [1] 252,299 243,239 733,998 725,185  
Payroll and Fringe Benefits Expense [2] 20,076 20,233 61,154 59,289  
Occupancy Expense 2,041 1,978 6,082 5,706  
Management Services [3] 2,323 2,075 6,940 6,186  
Other Segment Items [13] 10,951 9,118 31,259 27,560  
EBITDAP 11,370 8,585 28,603 27,865  
Pension Service Cost 34 (1) 102 47  
Depreciation Expense 1,993 1,718 5,775 5,155  
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale 9,343 6,868 22,726 22,663  
Capital Expenditures 3,674 2,179 10,473 4,151  
Identifiable Assets 600,900   600,900   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 , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale [14] (21,352) (21,949) (61,602) (77,062)  
Identifiable Assets 376,604   376,604   357,408
Operating Segments [Member] | Other Businesses and Corporate Office [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues [15] 90,326 83,835 266,487 258,943  
Capital Expenditures [16] 10,674 6,356 21,535 15,583  
Corporate Office [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Income (loss) from Operations before Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill , Other Long-Lived Assets and Asset Group Held for Sale (21,916) (17,670) (56,719) (49,714)  
Identifiable Assets 104,513   104,513   $ 79,389
Intersegment Elimination [Member]          
Segment Reporting [Line Items]          
Operating Revenues $ (788) $ (625) $ (2,202) $ (1,874)  
[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.