Revenue Recognition (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Summary of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers

The following table presents the Company’s revenues from contracts with customers disaggregated by material revenue category for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2021 (in thousands):

	For the three months June 30,				For the six months ended June 30,
	2020		2021		2020		2021
U.S. Higher Education Segment
Tuition, net of discounts, grants and scholarships	$	237,696	$	203,433	$	483,016	$	420,910
Other(1)	9,654		8,774		19,847		17,844
Total U.S. Higher Education Segment	247,350		212,207		502,863		438,754
Australia/New Zealand Segment
Tuition, net of discounts, grants and scholarships	—		72,340		—		122,562
Other(1)	—		1,720		—		2,763
Total Australia/New Zealand Segment	—		74,060		—		125,325
Alternative Learning Segment(2)	8,481		12,906		18,270		25,430
Consolidated revenue	$	255,831	$	299,173	$	521,133	$	589,509

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(1)Other revenue is primarily comprised of academic fees, sales of course materials, placement fees and other non-tuition revenue streams.

(2)Alternative Learning revenue is primarily derived from tuition revenue.

Schedule of Graduation Fund liability

The table below presents activity in the contract liability related to the Graduation Fund (in thousands):

	For the six months ended June 30,
	2020		2021
Balance at beginning of period	$	49,641	$	53,314
Revenue deferred	13,942		11,435
Benefit redeemed	(11,235)		(11,185)
Balance at end of period	$	52,348	$	53,564