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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Cost Recognition Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage of Compensation Costs Recognized

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Amount of cash inflow from realized tax benefit related to deductible compensation cost reported on the entity's tax return for equity instruments in excess of the compensation cost for those instruments recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Net number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of fully vested and expected to vest options outstanding.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Director deferred stock ownership plan amount to be credited to deferred stock accounts	50.00%
Share delivery term if elected	5 years
Award vesting period	3 years
Shares, granted (in shares)	0	0
Total fair value of stock options, vested	$ 7	$ 11	$ 6
Excess tax benefits from share-based payments	$ 41	$ 69	128
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Award expiration period	10 years
Employee Stock Option \| Graded Vesting Method
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Employee Stock Option \| Ratable Vest One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award cost recognition period	12 months
Percentage of compensation costs recognized	33.33%
Employee Stock Option \| Ratable Vest Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award cost recognition period	24 months
Percentage of compensation costs recognized	33.33%
Employee Stock Option \| Ratable Vest Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award cost recognition period	36 months
McGraw Hill Education
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based compensation from discontinued operations			$ 2