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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Feb. 28, 2014
Feb. 28, 2013
Jun. 10, 2014
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]        
Long-term debt $ 254,150,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 114,926,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt    
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net 6,682,000us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet  
2014 Credit Agreement        
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]        
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure, Nonrecurring 193,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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Long-term debt 193,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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    185,000,000.0us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Courseload Inc        
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]        
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net $ 6,700,000us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet
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