2.4.0.8006 - Disclosure - Note 1 - Nature of Businesstruefalsefalse1false falsefalsec2_From1Apr2012To31Mar2013http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000073048duration2012-04-01T00:00:002013-03-31T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_DisclosureTextBlockAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00 1.             Nature of Business Broadview Institute, Inc. (the “Company”), a Minnesota corporation, offers career-focused post-secondary education services through its wholly-owned subsidiary, C Square Educational Enterprises, Inc., a Utah corporation (with registered d/b/a’s of “Broadview University” and “Broadview Entertainment Arts University” and hereafter referred to as “Broadview University” or the “University”). Broadview University is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (“ACICS”) to award diplomas, undergraduate degrees, and master’s degrees in various fields of study. Broadview University delivers these services through traditional classroom settings as well as through online instruction. The University has campuses located in the Utah cities of Layton, Orem, Salt Lake City and West Jordan, as well as Boise, Idaho. falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 false0Nature of Operations [Text Block]falseNote 1 - Nature of BusinessUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://broadviewinstitute.com/role/Note1NatureofBusiness12