Equity Awards (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of stock-based compensation expense

The following table sets forth the amount of stock-based compensation expense recorded in each of the expense line items for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019 (in thousands):

	For the three months ended March 31,
	2018		2019
Instructional and support costs	$	620	$	858
General and administration	2,068		1,673
Merger and integration costs	—		479
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expense	2,688		3,010
Tax benefit	752		759
Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax	$	1,936	$	2,251