SEGMENT REPORTING (Details) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
Nov. 03, 2015 School	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) School Segment Location	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
SEGMENT REPORTING [Abstract]
Number of locations closed \| Location		10
Number of remaining reportable segments \| Segment		2
Number of reportable segments \| Segment		3
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of schools \| School		31
Summary financial information by reporting segment [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 193,220	$ 202,889	$ 215,596
Percentage of Total Revenue		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Operating (Loss) Income		$ 778	$ (11,491)	$ (3,452)
Assets		210,279	213,707
Healthcare and Other Professions Business Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of schools \| School	18
Number of schools approved to divest \| School	17
Reportable Segments [Member] \| Transportation and Skilled Trades [Member]
Summary financial information by reporting segment [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 183,821	$ 188,669	$ 196,230
Percentage of Total Revenue		95.10%	93.00%	91.00%
Operating (Loss) Income		$ 26,778	$ 19,519	$ 27,917
Assets		90,045	97,650
Reportable Segments [Member] \| Transitional [Member]
Summary financial information by reporting segment [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 9,399	$ 14,220	$ 19,366
Percentage of Total Revenue		4.90%	7.00%	9.00%
Operating (Loss) Income		$ (6,860)	$ (7,646)	$ (5,938)
Assets		1,795	2,184
Corporate [Member]
Summary financial information by reporting segment [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Percentage of Total Revenue		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Operating (Loss) Income		$ (19,140)	$ (23,364)	$ 25,431
Assets		72,528	51,473
Discontinued Operations [Member]
Summary financial information by reporting segment [Abstract]
Assets		$ 45,911	$ 62,400

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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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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