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 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr style="break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top" width="4%" align="left"&gt;(1)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;Deductions represent accounts written
 off, net of recoveries.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;5. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
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 &lt;td width="61%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Balance&amp;#xA0;at&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Beginning&amp;#xA0;of&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Period&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Charged&amp;#xA0;to&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Expense&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Deductions&lt;sup style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"&gt;(1)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Balance&amp;#xA0;at&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;End of&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Period&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,918&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;13,351&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(12,978&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;6,291&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2016&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,137&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;12,812&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(11,766&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;6,183&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr style="break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top" width="4%" align="left"&gt;(1)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;Deductions represent accounts written
 off, net of recoveries.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 
 
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 The following is a summary of investments as of September&amp;#xA0;30,
 2017 and December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016. The University considers all
 investments as available for sale.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
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 &lt;td width="64%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="14" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As of September&amp;#xA0;30,
 2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Adjusted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Cost&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Unrealized&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Gains&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Unrealized&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;(Losses)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Estimated&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Fair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Value&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Municipal securities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;89,631&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;57&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(79&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;89,609&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt"&gt;
 &lt;td height="16"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td height="16" colspan="16"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="14" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As of December&amp;#xA0;31,
 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Adjusted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Cost&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Unrealized&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Gains&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Unrealized&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;(Losses)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Estimated&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Fair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Value&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Municipal securities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;62,769&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;12&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(185&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;62,596&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 
 
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  <us-gaap:CommitmentsAndContingenciesPolicyTextBlock contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" id="id_12524267_82DA5CF6-D711-4996-BA0D-490C5CA6B56E_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Commitments and Contingencies&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University accrues for contingent obligations when it is
 probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount is
 reasonably estimable. When the University becomes aware of a claim
 or potential claim, the likelihood of any loss exposure is
 assessed. If it is probable that a loss will result and the amount
 of the loss is estimable, the University records a liability for
 the estimated loss. If the loss is not probable or the amount of
 the potential loss is not estimable, the University will disclose
 the claim if the likelihood of a potential loss is reasonably
 possible and the amount of the potential loss could be material.
 Estimates that are particularly sensitive to future changes include
 tax, legal, and other regulatory matters, which are subject to
 change as events evolve, and as additional information becomes
 available during the administrative and litigation process. The
 University expenses legal fees as incurred.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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  <us-gaap:ConsolidationPolicyTextBlock contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" id="id_12524267_53A9549D-1DD0-4465-979A-3977A29B9419_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Principles of Consolidation&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
 University and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany
 transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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  <us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsPolicy contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" id="id_12524267_4D105FCE-4296-4049-A6F0-2FCF4D43F4DE_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 A significant portion of the University&amp;#x2019;s revenue is received
 from students who participate in government financial aid and
 assistance programs. Restricted cash and cash equivalents primarily
 represent amounts received from the federal and state governments
 under various student aid grant and loan programs, such as Title
 IV. The University receives these funds subsequent to the
 completion of the authorization and disbursement process and holds
 them for the benefit of the student. The U.S. Department of
 Education (&amp;#x201C;Department of Education&amp;#x201D;) requires Title IV
 funds collected in advance of student billings to be restricted
 until the course begins. The University records all of these
 amounts as a current asset in restricted cash and cash equivalents.
 The majority of these funds remains as restricted for an average of
 60 to 90 days from the date of receipt.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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  <us-gaap:CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" id="id_12524267_52858335-8954-43D3-B2C7-B26E82C00771_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;7. Commitments and Contingencies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Legal Matters&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 From time to time, the University is a party to various lawsuits,
 claims, and other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary
 course of business, some of which are covered by insurance. When
 the University is aware of a claim or potential claim, it assesses
 the likelihood of any loss or exposure. If it is probable that a
 loss will result and the amount of the loss can be reasonably
 estimated, the University records a liability for the loss. If the
 loss is not probable or the amount of the loss cannot be reasonably
 estimated, the University discloses the nature of the specific
 claim if the likelihood of a potential loss is reasonably possible
 and the amount involved could be material. With respect to the
 majority of pending litigation matters, the University&amp;#x2019;s
 ultimate legal and financial responsibility, if any, cannot be
 estimated with certainty and, in most cases, any potential losses
 related to those matters are not considered probable.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Upon resolution of any pending legal matters, the University may
 incur charges in excess of presently established reserves.
 Management does not believe that any such charges would,
 individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
 the University&amp;#x2019;s financial condition, results of operations
 or cash flows.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tax Reserves,&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;Non-Income&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;Tax
 Related&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 From time to time the University has exposure to
 various&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;non-income&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;tax
 related matters that arise in the ordinary course of business. The
 University reserve is not material for tax matters where its
 ultimate exposure is considered probable and the potential loss can
 be reasonably estimated.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;3. Investments&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The following is a summary of investments as of September&amp;#xA0;30,
 2017 and December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016. The University considers all
 investments as available for sale.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="64%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="14" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As of September&amp;#xA0;30,
 2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Adjusted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Cost&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Unrealized&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Gains&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Unrealized&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;(Losses)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Estimated&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Fair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Value&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Municipal securities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;89,631&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;57&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(79&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;89,609&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt"&gt;
 &lt;td height="16"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td height="16" colspan="16"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="14" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As of December&amp;#xA0;31,
 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Adjusted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Cost&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Unrealized&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Gains&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gross&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Unrealized&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;(Losses)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Estimated&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Fair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Value&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Municipal securities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;62,769&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;12&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(185&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;62,596&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The cash flows of municipal securities are backed by the issuing
 municipality&amp;#x2019;s credit worthiness. All municipal securities
 are due in one year or less as of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017. For the
 nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, the net unrealized
 losses on&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;available-for-sale&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;securities
 was $14, net of taxes.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Instructional Costs and Services&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Instructional costs and services consist primarily of costs related
 to the administration and delivery of the University&amp;#x2019;s
 educational programs. This expense category includes salaries,
 benefits and share-based compensation for full-time and adjunct
 faculty and administrative personnel, information technology costs,
 bad debt expense, curriculum and new program development costs
 (which are expensed as incurred) and costs associated with other
 support groups that provide services directly to the students. This
 category also includes an allocation of depreciation, amortization,
 rent, and occupancy costs attributable to the provision of
 educational services, primarily at the University&amp;#x2019;s Phoenix,
 Arizona campus.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Derivatives and Hedging&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Derivative financial instruments are recorded on the balance sheet
 as assets or liabilities and&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;re-measured&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;at fair
 value at each reporting date. For derivatives designated as cash
 flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the
 derivative is reported as a component of other comprehensive income
 and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during
 which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Gains and losses on
 the derivative representing either hedge ineffectiveness or hedge
 components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness are
 recognized in current earnings.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Derivative financial instruments enable the University to manage
 its exposure to interest rate risk. The University does not engage
 in any derivative instrument trading activity. Credit risk
 associated with the University&amp;#x2019;s derivatives is limited to
 the risk that a derivative counterparty will not perform in
 accordance with the terms of the contract. Exposure to counterparty
 credit risk is considered low because these agreements have been
 entered into with institutions with strong credit ratings, and they
 are expected to perform fully under the terms of the
 agreements.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 On February&amp;#xA0;27, 2013, the University entered into an interest
 rate corridor to manage its 30 Day LIBOR interest exposure related
 to its variable rate debt. The fair value of the interest rate
 corridor instrument as of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and
 December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016 was $322 and $490, respectively, which is
 included in other assets. The fair value of the derivative
 instrument was determined using a hypothetical derivative
 transaction and Level&amp;#xA0;2 of the hierarchy of valuation inputs.
 This derivative instrument was originally designated as a cash flow
 hedge of variable rate debt obligations. The adjustment of $169 and
 $531 for the nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and 2016,
 respectively, for the effective portion of the losses on the
 derivatives is included as a component of other comprehensive
 income, net of taxes.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The interest rate corridor instrument reduces variable interest
 rate risk starting March&amp;#xA0;1, 2013 through December&amp;#xA0;20,
 2019 with a notional amount of $68,333 as of September&amp;#xA0;30,
 2017. The corridor instrument&amp;#x2019;s terms permits the University
 to hedge its interest rate risk at several thresholds; the
 University pays variable interest monthly based on the 30 Day LIBOR
 rates until that index reaches 1.5%. If 30 Day LIBOR is equal to
 1.5% through 3.0%, the University pays 1.5%. If 30 Day LIBOR
 exceeds 3.0%, the University pays actual 30 Day LIBOR less
 1.5%.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 As of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, no derivative ineffectiveness was
 identified. Any ineffectiveness in the University&amp;#x2019;s
 derivative instrument designated as a hedge is reported in interest
 expense in the income statement. At September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, the
 University does not expect to reclassify gains or losses on
 derivative instruments from accumulated other comprehensive income
 (loss) into earnings during the next 12 months.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;4. Net Income Per Common Share&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Basic earnings per common share is calculated by dividing net
 income available to common stockholders by the weighted average
 number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted
 earnings per common share reflects the assumed conversion of all
 potentially dilutive securities, consisting of stock options and
 restricted stock awards, for which the estimated fair value exceeds
 the exercise price, less shares which could have been purchased
 with the related proceeds, unless anti-dilutive. For employee
 equity awards, repurchased shares are also included for any
 unearned compensation adjusted for tax. The table below reflects
 the calculation of the weighted average number of common shares
 outstanding, on an as if converted basis, used in computing basic
 and diluted earnings per common share.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="72%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Three&amp;#xA0;Months&amp;#xA0;Ended&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nine Months
 Ended&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;September&amp;#xA0;30,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;September&amp;#xA0;30,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Denominator:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Basic weighted average shares outstanding&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;47,316&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;46,231&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;47,083&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;45,953&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Effect of dilutive stock options and restricted stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;976&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;944&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,114&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,056&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Diluted weighted average shares outstanding&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;48,292&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;47,175&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;48,197&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;47,009&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Diluted weighted average shares outstanding exclude the incremental
 effect of unvested restricted stock and shares that would be issued
 upon the assumed exercise of stock options in accordance with the
 treasury stock method. For the nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30,
 2017 and 2016, approximately 3 and 458, respectively, of the
 University&amp;#x2019;s stock options and restricted stock awards
 outstanding were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings
 per share as their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. These
 options and restricted stock awards could be dilutive in the
 future.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;8. Share-Based Compensation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;i&gt;Incentive Plans&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University has made grants of restricted stock and stock
 options under its 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the &amp;#x201C;2008
 Plan&amp;#x201D;). In January 2017, the Board of Directors of the
 University approved, and at the University&amp;#x2019;s 2017 annual
 meeting of stockholders held on June&amp;#xA0;14, 2017, the
 University&amp;#x2019;s stockholders adopted, a 2017 Equity Incentive
 Plan (the &amp;#x201C;2017 Plan&amp;#x201D;). All future grants of equity
 incentives will be made from the 2017 Plan.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;i&gt;Restricted Stock&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 During the nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, the
 University granted 188 shares of common stock under the 2008 Plan
 with a service vesting condition to certain of its executives,
 officers, faculty and employees. The restricted shares have voting
 rights and vest in five annual installments of 20%, with this first
 installment vesting in March of the calendar year following the
 date of grant (the &amp;#x201C;first vesting date&amp;#x201D;) and on each of
 the four anniversaries of the first vesting date. Upon vesting,
 shares will be held in lieu of taxes equivalent to the minimum
 statutory tax withholding required to be paid when the restricted
 stock vests. During the nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017,
 the University withheld 149 shares of common stock in lieu of taxes
 at a cost of $9,657 on the restricted stock vesting dates. In June
 2017, following the annual stockholders meeting, the University
 granted 4 shares of common stock under the 2017 Plan to
 the&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;non-employee&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;members
 of the University&amp;#x2019;s board of directors. The restricted shares
 granted to these directors have voting rights and vest on the
 earlier of (a)&amp;#xA0;the one year anniversary of the date of grant
 or (b)&amp;#xA0;immediately prior to the following year&amp;#x2019;s annual
 stockholders&amp;#x2019; meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 A summary of the activity related to restricted stock granted under
 the 2008 Plan and the 2017 Plan since December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016 is as
 follows:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="73%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Shares&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weighted&amp;#xA0;Average&lt;br /&gt;
 Grant&amp;#xA0;Date&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Fair&amp;#xA0;Value&amp;#xA0;per&amp;#xA0;Share&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Outstanding as of December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;993&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;38.32&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Granted&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;192&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;70.44&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Vested&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(371&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;32.38&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Forfeited, canceled or expired&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(19&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;41.77&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Outstanding as of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;795&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;48.79&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;i&gt;Stock Options&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 During the nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, no options
 were granted. A summary of the activity since December&amp;#xA0;31,
 2016 related to stock options granted under the 2008 Plan is as
 follows:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="64%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="14" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary of Stock Options
 Outstanding&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Shares&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weighted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Average&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Exercise&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Price&amp;#xA0;per&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Share&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weighted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Average&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Remaining&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Contractual&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Term&amp;#xA0;(Years)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Aggregate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Intrinsic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Value&amp;#xA0;($)(1)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Outstanding as of December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,272&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;15.26&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Granted&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Exercised&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(537&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;12.57&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Forfeited, canceled or expired&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(2&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;16.35&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Outstanding as of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;733&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;17.23&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;2.92&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;53,939&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Exercisable as of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;733&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;17.23&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;2.92&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;53,939&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr style="break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top" width="4%" align="left"&gt;(1)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;Aggregate intrinsic value represents
 the value of the University&amp;#x2019;s closing stock price on
 September&amp;#xA0;29, 2017 ($90.82) in excess of the exercise price
 multiplied by the number of shares underlying options outstanding
 or exercisable, as applicable.&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Share-based Compensation Expense&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The table below outlines share-based compensation expense for the
 nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and 2016 related to
 restricted stock and stock options granted:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="88%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Instructional costs and services&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,992&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,462&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Admissions advisory and related expenses&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;144&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;169&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Marketing and promotional&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;123&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;92&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 General and administrative&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,303&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,311&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Share-based compensation expense included in operating
 expenses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;9,562&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;9,034&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
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 The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, investments,
 accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued compensation and
 benefits, and accrued liabilities expenses approximate their fair
 value based on the liquidity or the short-term maturities of these
 instruments. The carrying value of notes payable approximates fair
 value as it is based on variable rate index. Derivative financial
 instruments are carried at fair value, determined using
 Level&amp;#xA0;2 of the hierarchy of valuation inputs, with the use of
 inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset
 or liability.&lt;/p&gt;
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 The fair value of investments, primarily municipal securities, were
 determined using Level&amp;#xA0;2 of the hierarchy of valuation inputs,
 with the use of inputs other than quoted prices that are observable
 for the assets. The unit of account used for valuation is the
 individual underlying security. The municipal securities are
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 indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
 recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is
 measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to
 undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be generated by the
 assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the
 impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the
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 quoted market prices and inputs other than quoted prices that are
 observable for the assets, with unrealized gains and losses, net of
 tax, reported as a separate component of other comprehensive
 income. Unrealized losses considered to be other-than-temporary are
 recognized currently in earnings. Amortization of premiums,
 accretion of discounts, interest and dividend income and realized
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 Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the
 &amp;#x201C;University&amp;#x201D;) is a comprehensive regionally accredited
 university that offers over 220 graduate and undergraduate degree
 programs, emphases and certificates across nine colleges both
 online and on ground at our over 270 acre campus in Phoenix,
 Arizona, at leased facilities and at facilities owned by third
 party employers. Our undergraduate programs are designed to be
 innovative and to meet the future needs of employers, while
 providing students with the needed critical thinking and effective
 communication skills developed through a Christian-oriented,
 liberal arts foundation. We offer master&amp;#x2019;s and doctoral
 degrees in contemporary fields that are designed to provide
 students with the capacity for transformational leadership in their
 chosen industry, emphasizing the immediate relevance of theory,
 application, and evaluation to promote personal and organizational
 change. The University is accredited by The Higher Learning
 Commission. The University&amp;#x2019;s wholly-owned subsidiaries are
 primarily used to facilitate expansion of the University
 campus.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Recent Accounting Pronouncements&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In May 2014, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;Revenue from Contracts with
 Customers, as amended.&amp;#x201D; The standard is a comprehensive new
 revenue recognition model that requires revenue to be recognized in
 a manner to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer
 at an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be
 received in exchange for those goods or services. The accounting
 guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature,
 amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising
 from customer contracts, including significant judgements and
 changes in judgements and assets recognized from costs incurred to
 obtain or fulfill a contract. In July 2015, the FASB approved a
 one-year delay in the effective date. The University will adopt
 this new standard January&amp;#xA0;1, 2018 using the modified
 retrospective method and providing certain additional disclosure as
 defined within the standard. The University has elected to apply
 this guidance retrospectively to all contracts at the date of
 initial application. Management has undertaken a review of
 contracts and revenue streams for all of our net revenues. The
 majority of our revenues are related to tuition, net of
 scholarships, due from our students. Tuition revenues, net of
 scholarships, are currently recognized pro-rata over the applicable
 period of instruction which the University believes is consistent
 with the revenue recognition method required by the new standard.
 The University will provide expanded disclosures pertaining to
 revenue recognition in our quarterly filings beginning in the
 period of adoption. The University will clarify further its
 receivables and contract liabilities reported in its consolidated
 balance sheets. The University does not expect to have any contract
 assets. The University will elect the short-term contract exemption
 with respect to its performance obligations as all performance
 obligations as of the end of any reporting period are completed
 within less than a year. We anticipate the adoption of this
 standard will not have a material impact on our consolidated
 financial statements, cash flows or results of operations. The
 University is continuing to evaluate the impact the adoption of
 this standard will have on our accounting systems and system of
 internal controls and does not anticipate significant changes to
 our accounting systems and expects that there may be some
 enhancements in internal controls as a result of implementing the
 new standard.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In January 2016, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;&lt;i&gt;Financial Instruments
 &amp;#x2013; Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets
 and Financial Liabilities&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;#x201D; The standard addresses
 certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation, and
 disclosure of financial instruments. Most prominent among the
 amendments is the requirement for changes in the fair value of
 equity investments, with certain exceptions, to be recognized
 through net income rather than other comprehensive income
 (&amp;#x201C;OCI&amp;#x201D;). This standard is effective for fiscal years,
 and interim periods within those years, beginning after
 December&amp;#xA0;15, 2017, and early adoption is not permitted.
 Accordingly, the standard is effective for us on January&amp;#xA0;1,
 2018. We are currently evaluating the impact that the standard will
 have on our consolidated financial statements.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In February 2016, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;&lt;i&gt;Leases&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;#x201D; The
 standard establishes a&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;right-of-use&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;(&amp;#x201C;ROU&amp;#x201D;)
 model that requires a lessee to recognize a ROU asset and a lease
 liability on the balance sheet for all leases with lease terms
 longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance
 or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense
 recognition in the income statement. This standard is effective for
 fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning
 after December&amp;#xA0;15, 2018, and early adoption is permitted.
 Accordingly, the standard is effective for us on January&amp;#xA0;1,
 2019 using a modified retrospective transition approach. A modified
 retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for
 capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after,
 the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the
 financial statements, with certain practical expedients available.
 The University has begun evaluating the impact that the future
 adoption of this standard will have on our consolidated financial
 statements and we believe the adoption will slightly increase our
 assets and liabilities, and will increase our financial statement
 disclosures.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In June 2016, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;&lt;i&gt;Financial Instruments
 &amp;#x2013; Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
 Instruments&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#x201D;. The new guidance revises the accounting
 requirements related to the measurement of credit losses on
 financial instruments and the timing of when such losses are
 recorded. The standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim
 periods within those years, beginning after December&amp;#xA0;15, 2019.
 Early adoption is permitted for fiscal years and interim periods
 within those years, beginning after December&amp;#xA0;15, 2018.
 Accordingly, the standard is effective for us on January&amp;#xA0;1,
 2020 using a modified retrospective approach, and we are currently
 evaluating the impact that the standard will have on our
 consolidated financial statements.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University has determined that no other recent accounting
 pronouncements apply to its operations or could otherwise have a
 material impact on its consolidated financial statements.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Property and equipment consist of the following:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="72%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="7%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="7%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;September&amp;#xA0;30,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;December&amp;#xA0;31,&lt;br /&gt;
 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Land&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;142,013&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;127,769&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Land improvements&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;25,119&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;23,158&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Buildings&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;593,913&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;559,791&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Buildings and leasehold improvements&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;116,935&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;105,168&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Equipment under capital leases&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,937&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,943&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Computer equipment&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;116,650&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;108,551&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Furniture, fixtures and equipment&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;62,651&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;59,300&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Internally developed software&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;34,729&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;30,407&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Other&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,176&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,176&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Construction in progress&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;18,898&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;19,112&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,118,021&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,040,375&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(220,481&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(184,847&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Property and equipment, net&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;897,540&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;855,528&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;6. Property and Equipment&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Property and equipment consist of the following:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="72%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="7%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="7%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;September&amp;#xA0;30,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;December&amp;#xA0;31,&lt;br /&gt;
 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Land&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;142,013&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;127,769&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Land improvements&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;25,119&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;23,158&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Buildings&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;593,913&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;559,791&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Buildings and leasehold improvements&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;116,935&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;105,168&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Equipment under capital leases&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,937&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,943&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Computer equipment&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;116,650&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;108,551&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Furniture, fixtures and equipment&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;62,651&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;59,300&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Internally developed software&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;34,729&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;30,407&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Other&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,176&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,176&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Construction in progress&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;18,898&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;19,112&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,118,021&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,040,375&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(220,481&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(184,847&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Property and equipment, net&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;897,540&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;855,528&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Revenue Recognition&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Net revenues consist primarily of tuition and fees derived from
 courses taught by the University online, on ground at its over 270
 acre campus in Phoenix, Arizona, and at facilities it leases or
 those of employers, as well as from related educational resources
 that the University provides to its students, such as access to
 online materials. Tuition revenue and most fees from related
 educational resources are recognized&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;pro-rata&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;over the
 applicable period of instruction, net of scholarships provided by
 the University. For the nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017
 and 2016, the University&amp;#x2019;s revenue was reduced by
 approximately $135,630 and $123,112, respectively, as a result of
 scholarships that the University offered to students. The
 University maintains an institutional tuition refund policy, which
 provides for all or a portion of tuition to be refunded if a
 student withdraws during stated refund periods. Certain states in
 which students reside impose separate, mandatory refund policies,
 which override the University&amp;#x2019;s policy to the extent in
 conflict. If a student withdraws at a time when only a portion, or
 none of the tuition is refundable, then in accordance with its
 revenue recognition policy, the University continues to recognize
 the tuition that was not refunded&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;pro-rata&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;over the
 applicable period of instruction. However, for students that have
 taken out financial aid to pay their tuition and for which a return
 of such money to the Department of Education under Title IV is
 required as a result of his or her withdrawal, the University
 recognizes revenue after a student withdraws only at the time of
 cash collection. Sales tax collected from students is excluded from
 net revenues. Collected but unremitted sales tax is included as an
 accrued liability in the consolidated balance sheets. The
 University also charges online students an upfront learning
 management fee, which is deferred and recognized over the average
 expected term of a student.&amp;#xA0;Costs that are direct and
 incremental to new online students are also deferred and recognized
 ratably over the average expected term of a student. Deferred
 revenue and student deposits in any period represent the excess of
 tuition, fees, and other student payments received as compared to
 amounts recognized as revenue on the income statement and are
 reflected as current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated
 balance sheet. The University&amp;#x2019;s educational programs have
 starting and ending dates that differ from its fiscal quarters.
 Therefore, at the end of each fiscal quarter, a portion of revenue
 from these programs is not yet earned. Other revenues may be
 recognized as sales occur or services are performed.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The table below outlines share-based compensation expense for the
 nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and 2016 related to
 restricted stock and stock options granted:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="88%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Instructional costs and services&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,992&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,462&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Admissions advisory and related expenses&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;144&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;169&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Marketing and promotional&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;123&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;92&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 General and administrative&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,303&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,311&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Share-based compensation expense included in operating
 expenses&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;9,562&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;9,034&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Tax effect of share-based compensation&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(3,825&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(3,614&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Share-based compensation expense, net of tax&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,737&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;5,420&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
 &lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap:ScheduleOfEmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsTextBlock>
  <us-gaap:ScheduleOfWeightedAverageNumberOfSharesTableTextBlock contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" id="id_12524267_D7966835-A8EC-455A-9859-E3148AE77831_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The table below reflects the calculation of the weighted average
 number of common shares outstanding, on an as if converted basis,
 used in computing basic and diluted earnings per common share.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="72%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Three&amp;#xA0;Months&amp;#xA0;Ended&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nine Months
 Ended&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;September&amp;#xA0;30,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;September&amp;#xA0;30,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Denominator:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Basic weighted average shares outstanding&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;47,316&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;46,231&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;47,083&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;45,953&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Effect of dilutive stock options and restricted stock&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;976&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;944&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,114&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,056&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 3em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Diluted weighted average shares outstanding&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;48,292&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;47,175&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;48,197&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;47,009&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 
 
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  <us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" unitRef="iso4217_USD" decimals="-3" id="id_12524267_91E86DCB-BA16-40C4-B4C3-650FD19D991E_3_0">702716000</us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet>
  <us-gaap:ScheduleOfCondensedCashFlowStatementTableTextBlock contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" id="id_12524267_C98746E4-0A1E-4C26-8C0D-1A23D28E38E8_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The following table summarizes the effects related to the adoption
 of both accounting standards (share-based compensation and
 restricted cash and cash equivalents) for the nine months ended
 September&amp;#xA0;30, 2016:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Data:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="76%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;September&amp;#xA0;30, 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As&amp;#xA0;reported&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As adjusted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net cash provided by operating activities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;214,451&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;213,265&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net cash used in investing activities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(166,000&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(163,500&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,656&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(3,714&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;52,107&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;46,051&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of
 period&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;23,036&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;98,420&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;75,143&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;144,471&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /&gt;
 
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  <us-gaap:ScheduleOfShareBasedCompensationStockOptionsActivityTableTextBlock contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" id="id_12524267_C5A2B610-A340-4723-AD79-B8490A9EF538_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 A summary of the activity since December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016 related to
 stock options granted under the 2008 Plan is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="64%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="5%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="14" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary of Stock Options
 Outstanding&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Shares&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weighted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Average&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Exercise&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Price&amp;#xA0;per&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Share&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weighted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Average&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Remaining&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Contractual&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Term&amp;#xA0;(Years)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Aggregate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Intrinsic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Value&amp;#xA0;($)(1)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Outstanding as of December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;1,272&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;15.26&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Granted&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"&gt;
 &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Exercised&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(537&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;12.57&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Forfeited, canceled or expired&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(2&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;16.35&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Outstanding as of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;733&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;17.23&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;2.92&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;53,939&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Exercisable as of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;733&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;17.23&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;2.92&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;53,939&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr style="break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top" width="4%" align="left"&gt;(1)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;Aggregate intrinsic value represents
 the value of the University&amp;#x2019;s closing stock price on
 September&amp;#xA0;29, 2017 ($90.82) in excess of the exercise price
 multiplied by the number of shares underlying options outstanding
 or exercisable, as applicable.&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 
 
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  <us-gaap:SegmentReportingPolicyPolicyTextBlock contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" id="id_12524267_D1A708A5-2E71-4DAD-9987-38C308AF6607_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Segment Information&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University operates as a single educational delivery operation
 using a core infrastructure that serves the curriculum and
 educational delivery needs of both its ground and online students
 regardless of geography. The University&amp;#x2019;s Chief Executive
 Officer manages the University&amp;#x2019;s operations as a whole and no
 expense or operating income information is generated or evaluated
 on any component level.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 A summary of the activity related to restricted stock granted under
 the 2008 Plan and the 2017 Plan since December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016 is as
 follows:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="73%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="9%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Total&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Shares&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Weighted&amp;#xA0;Average&lt;br /&gt;
 Grant&amp;#xA0;Date&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Fair&amp;#xA0;Value&amp;#xA0;per&amp;#xA0;Share&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Outstanding as of December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;993&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;38.32&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Granted&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;192&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;70.44&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Vested&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(371&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;32.38&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Forfeited, canceled or expired&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(19&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;41.77&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Outstanding as of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;795&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;48.79&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,0,0) 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"&gt;
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 &lt;td&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;General and Administrative&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 General and administrative expenses include salaries, benefits and
 share-based compensation of employees engaged in corporate
 management, finance, human resources, compliance, and other
 corporate functions. General and administrative expenses also
 include an allocation of depreciation, amortization, rent, and
 occupancy costs attributable to the departments providing general
 and administrative functions.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Principles of Consolidation&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
 University and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany
 transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Unaudited Interim Financial Information&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial
 statements of the University have been prepared in accordance with
 U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and pursuant to the
 rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange
 Commission and the instructions to
 Form&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;10-Q&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;and Article 10.
 They do not include all of the information and footnotes required
 by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete
 financial statements. Such interim financial information is
 unaudited but reflects all adjustments that in the opinion of
 management are necessary for the fair presentation of the interim
 periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative
 of results for a full year. These consolidated financial statements
 should be read in conjunction with the University&amp;#x2019;s audited
 financial statements and footnotes included in its Annual Report on
 Form&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;10-K&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;for the fiscal
 year ended December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016 from which the December&amp;#xA0;31,
 2016 balance sheet information was derived.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 A significant portion of the University&amp;#x2019;s revenue is received
 from students who participate in government financial aid and
 assistance programs. Restricted cash and cash equivalents primarily
 represent amounts received from the federal and state governments
 under various student aid grant and loan programs, such as Title
 IV. The University receives these funds subsequent to the
 completion of the authorization and disbursement process and holds
 them for the benefit of the student. The U.S. Department of
 Education (&amp;#x201C;Department of Education&amp;#x201D;) requires Title IV
 funds collected in advance of student billings to be restricted
 until the course begins. The University records all of these
 amounts as a current asset in restricted cash and cash equivalents.
 The majority of these funds remains as restricted for an average of
 60 to 90 days from the date of receipt.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Investments&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University considers its investments in municipal securities
 as&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;available-for-sale&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;securities.&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;Available-for-sale&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;securities
 are carried at fair value, determined using Level&amp;#xA0;1 and
 Level&amp;#xA0;2 of the hierarchy of valuation inputs, with the use of
 quoted market prices and inputs other than quoted prices that are
 observable for the assets, with unrealized gains and losses, net of
 tax, reported as a separate component of other comprehensive
 income. Unrealized losses considered to be other-than-temporary are
 recognized currently in earnings. Amortization of premiums,
 accretion of discounts, interest and dividend income and realized
 gains and losses are included in interest and other income.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Derivatives and Hedging&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Derivative financial instruments are recorded on the balance sheet
 as assets or liabilities and&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;re-measured&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;at fair
 value at each reporting date. For derivatives designated as cash
 flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the
 derivative is reported as a component of other comprehensive income
 and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during
 which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Gains and losses on
 the derivative representing either hedge ineffectiveness or hedge
 components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness are
 recognized in current earnings.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Derivative financial instruments enable the University to manage
 its exposure to interest rate risk. The University does not engage
 in any derivative instrument trading activity. Credit risk
 associated with the University&amp;#x2019;s derivatives is limited to
 the risk that a derivative counterparty will not perform in
 accordance with the terms of the contract. Exposure to counterparty
 credit risk is considered low because these agreements have been
 entered into with institutions with strong credit ratings, and they
 are expected to perform fully under the terms of the
 agreements.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 On February&amp;#xA0;27, 2013, the University entered into an interest
 rate corridor to manage its 30 Day LIBOR interest exposure related
 to its variable rate debt. The fair value of the interest rate
 corridor instrument as of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and
 December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016 was $322 and $490, respectively, which is
 included in other assets. The fair value of the derivative
 instrument was determined using a hypothetical derivative
 transaction and Level&amp;#xA0;2 of the hierarchy of valuation inputs.
 This derivative instrument was originally designated as a cash flow
 hedge of variable rate debt obligations. The adjustment of $169 and
 $531 for the nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and 2016,
 respectively, for the effective portion of the losses on the
 derivatives is included as a component of other comprehensive
 income, net of taxes.&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The interest rate corridor instrument reduces variable interest
 rate risk starting March&amp;#xA0;1, 2013 through December&amp;#xA0;20,
 2019 with a notional amount of $68,333 as of September&amp;#xA0;30,
 2017. The corridor instrument&amp;#x2019;s terms permits the University
 to hedge its interest rate risk at several thresholds; the
 University pays variable interest monthly based on the 30 Day LIBOR
 rates until that index reaches 1.5%. If 30 Day LIBOR is equal to
 1.5% through 3.0%, the University pays 1.5%. If 30 Day LIBOR
 exceeds 3.0%, the University pays actual 30 Day LIBOR less
 1.5%.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 As of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, no derivative ineffectiveness was
 identified. Any ineffectiveness in the University&amp;#x2019;s
 derivative instrument designated as a hedge is reported in interest
 expense in the income statement. At September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, the
 University does not expect to reclassify gains or losses on
 derivative instruments from accumulated other comprehensive income
 (loss) into earnings during the next 12 months.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fair Value of Financial Instruments&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, investments,
 accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued compensation and
 benefits, and accrued liabilities expenses approximate their fair
 value based on the liquidity or the short-term maturities of these
 instruments. The carrying value of notes payable approximates fair
 value as it is based on variable rate index. Derivative financial
 instruments are carried at fair value, determined using
 Level&amp;#xA0;2 of the hierarchy of valuation inputs, with the use of
 inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset
 or liability.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The fair value of investments, primarily municipal securities, were
 determined using Level&amp;#xA0;2 of the hierarchy of valuation inputs,
 with the use of inputs other than quoted prices that are observable
 for the assets. The unit of account used for valuation is the
 individual underlying security. The municipal securities are
 comprised of city and county bonds related to schools, water and
 sewer, utilities, transportation, healthcare and housing.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Revenue Recognition&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Net revenues consist primarily of tuition and fees derived from
 courses taught by the University online, on ground at its over 270
 acre campus in Phoenix, Arizona, and at facilities it leases or
 those of employers, as well as from related educational resources
 that the University provides to its students, such as access to
 online materials. Tuition revenue and most fees from related
 educational resources are recognized&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;pro-rata&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;over the
 applicable period of instruction, net of scholarships provided by
 the University. For the nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017
 and 2016, the University&amp;#x2019;s revenue was reduced by
 approximately $135,630 and $123,112, respectively, as a result of
 scholarships that the University offered to students. The
 University maintains an institutional tuition refund policy, which
 provides for all or a portion of tuition to be refunded if a
 student withdraws during stated refund periods. Certain states in
 which students reside impose separate, mandatory refund policies,
 which override the University&amp;#x2019;s policy to the extent in
 conflict. If a student withdraws at a time when only a portion, or
 none of the tuition is refundable, then in accordance with its
 revenue recognition policy, the University continues to recognize
 the tuition that was not refunded&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;pro-rata&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;over the
 applicable period of instruction. However, for students that have
 taken out financial aid to pay their tuition and for which a return
 of such money to the Department of Education under Title IV is
 required as a result of his or her withdrawal, the University
 recognizes revenue after a student withdraws only at the time of
 cash collection. Sales tax collected from students is excluded from
 net revenues. Collected but unremitted sales tax is included as an
 accrued liability in the consolidated balance sheets. The
 University also charges online students an upfront learning
 management fee, which is deferred and recognized over the average
 expected term of a student.&amp;#xA0;Costs that are direct and
 incremental to new online students are also deferred and recognized
 ratably over the average expected term of a student. Deferred
 revenue and student deposits in any period represent the excess of
 tuition, fees, and other student payments received as compared to
 amounts recognized as revenue on the income statement and are
 reflected as current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated
 balance sheet. The University&amp;#x2019;s educational programs have
 starting and ending dates that differ from its fiscal quarters.
 Therefore, at the end of each fiscal quarter, a portion of revenue
 from these programs is not yet earned. Other revenues may be
 recognized as sales occur or services are performed.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Allowance for Doubtful Accounts&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 The University records an allowance for doubtful accounts for
 estimated losses resulting from the inability, failure or refusal
 of its students to make required payments, which includes the
 recovery of financial aid funds advanced to a student for amounts
 in excess of the student&amp;#x2019;s cost of tuition and related fees.
 The University determines the adequacy of its allowance for
 doubtful accounts based on an analysis of its historical bad debt
 experience, current economic trends, the aging of the accounts
 receivable and student status. The University applies reserves to
 its receivables based upon an estimate of the risk presented by the
 age of the receivables and student status. The University writes
 off accounts receivable balances at the earlier of the time the
 balances were deemed uncollectible, or one year after the revenue
 is generated. The University accelerates the write off of inactive
 student accounts such that the accounts are written off by day 150.
 The University reflects accounts receivable with an offsetting
 allowance as long as management believes there is a reasonable
 possibility of collection. Bad debt expense is recorded as an
 instructional costs and services expense in the consolidated income
 statement.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Long-Lived Assets (other than goodwill)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University evaluates the recoverability of our long-lived
 assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
 indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
 recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is
 measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to
 undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be generated by the
 assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the
 impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the
 carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the
 assets.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Instructional Costs and Services&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Instructional costs and services consist primarily of costs related
 to the administration and delivery of the University&amp;#x2019;s
 educational programs. This expense category includes salaries,
 benefits and share-based compensation for full-time and adjunct
 faculty and administrative personnel, information technology costs,
 bad debt expense, curriculum and new program development costs
 (which are expensed as incurred) and costs associated with other
 support groups that provide services directly to the students. This
 category also includes an allocation of depreciation, amortization,
 rent, and occupancy costs attributable to the provision of
 educational services, primarily at the University&amp;#x2019;s Phoenix,
 Arizona campus.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Admissions Advisory and Related&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Admissions advisory and related expenses include salaries and
 benefits for admissions advisory personnel as well as an allocation
 of depreciation, amortization, rent and occupancy costs
 attributable to the admissions advisory personnel.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Advertising&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Advertising expenses include brand advertising, marketing leads and
 other branding activities. Advertising costs are expensed as
 incurred.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Marketing and Promotional&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Marketing and promotional expenses include salaries, benefits and
 share-based compensation for marketing personnel, and other
 promotional expenses. This category also includes an allocation of
 depreciation, amortization, rent, and occupancy costs attributable
 to marketing and promotional activities. Marketing and promotional
 costs are expensed as incurred.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;General and Administrative&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 General and administrative expenses include salaries, benefits and
 share-based compensation of employees engaged in corporate
 management, finance, human resources, compliance, and other
 corporate functions. General and administrative expenses also
 include an allocation of depreciation, amortization, rent, and
 occupancy costs attributable to the departments providing general
 and administrative functions.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Commitments and Contingencies&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University accrues for contingent obligations when it is
 probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount is
 reasonably estimable. When the University becomes aware of a claim
 or potential claim, the likelihood of any loss exposure is
 assessed. If it is probable that a loss will result and the amount
 of the loss is estimable, the University records a liability for
 the estimated loss. If the loss is not probable or the amount of
 the potential loss is not estimable, the University will disclose
 the claim if the likelihood of a potential loss is reasonably
 possible and the amount of the potential loss could be material.
 Estimates that are particularly sensitive to future changes include
 tax, legal, and other regulatory matters, which are subject to
 change as events evolve, and as additional information becomes
 available during the administrative and litigation process. The
 University expenses legal fees as incurred.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Use of Estimates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity
 with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires
 management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
 reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and
 accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those
 estimates.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Segment Information&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 The University operates as a single educational delivery operation
 using a core infrastructure that serves the curriculum and
 educational delivery needs of both its ground and online students
 regardless of geography. The University&amp;#x2019;s Chief Executive
 Officer manages the University&amp;#x2019;s operations as a whole and no
 expense or operating income information is generated or evaluated
 on any component level.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in 2017&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In March 2016, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;Compensation &amp;#x2013; Stock
 Compensation: Improvement to Employee Share-Based Payment
 Accounting,&amp;#x201D; to simplify certain aspects of the accounting
 for share-based payment transactions to employees. The new standard
 requires excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies to be recorded in
 the consolidated statements of income as a component of the
 provision for income taxes when stock awards vest or options are
 exercised. In addition, it eliminates the requirement to reclassify
 cash flows related to excess tax benefits from operating activities
 to financing activities on the consolidated statements of cash
 flows. The standard also provides an accounting policy election to
 account for forfeitures as they occur, allows us to withhold more
 of an employee&amp;#x2019;s vesting shares for tax withholding purposes
 without triggering liability accounting, and clarifies that all
 cash payments made to tax authorities on an employee&amp;#x2019;s behalf
 for withheld shares should be presented as a financing activity on
 our consolidated cash flows statement.&lt;/p&gt;
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 The University adopted the new guidance in the first quarter of
 2017 which required us to reflect any adjustments as of
 January&amp;#xA0;1, 2017. Upon adoption, excess tax benefits or
 deficiencies from share-based awards or options are now reflected
 in the consolidated statement of income as a component of the
 provision for income taxes, whereas previously they were recognized
 in equity. The University elected to account for forfeitures as
 they occur, rather than estimate expected forfeitures. The net
 cumulative effect of this change increased
 additional&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;paid-in&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;capital and
 decreased retained earnings as of January&amp;#xA0;1, 2017 by $59, net
 of tax. The University did not have any previously unrecognized
 excess tax effects that had not been recorded as a reduction to tax
 liability.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University adopted the provisions of the standard impacting the
 cash flow presentation retrospectively, and accordingly, to conform
 to the current period presentation, we reclassified $7,370 of
 excess tax benefits which had been included as a financing activity
 to an operating activity for the nine months ended
 September&amp;#xA0;30, 2016 in our consolidated statement of cash
 flows. The presentation requirement for cash flows related to
 employee taxes paid for withheld shares had no impact on our
 consolidated statement of cash flows since such cash flows have
 historically been presented as a financing activity.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Adoption of the provision of the new standard related to income
 taxes was adopted prospectively and resulted in a reduction to our
 provision for income taxes of $15,374 for the nine months ended
 September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, due to the recognition of excess tax
 benefits from restricted stock awards that vested or stock options
 that were exercised in 2017. Our restricted stock awards vest in
 March each year so the excess tax benefits and deficiencies is
 greatest in the first quarter each year. The inclusion of excess
 tax benefits and deficiencies as a component of our income tax
 expense will increase volatility within our provision for income
 taxes as the amount of excess tax benefits or deficiencies from
 share-based compensation awards are dependent on our stock price at
 the date the restricted awards vest, our stock price on the date an
 option is exercised, and the quantity of options exercised.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1px; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In August 2016, the FASB issued a new standard that clarifies how
 certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and
 classified in the consolidated statement of cash flows. The
 University elected to early adopt this guidance in the first
 quarter of 2017 on a retrospective basis. There was no
 reclassification impact of the adoption on our consolidated
 statement of cash flows for the nine months ended
 September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and 2016, as our historical statements have
 been presented in accordance with this new guidance.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In November 2016, the FASB issued a new standard that requires
 restricted cash and cash equivalents to be included with the amount
 of cash and cash equivalents that are reconciled on the
 consolidated statement of cash flows. The University elected to
 early adopt this guidance in the first quarter of 2017 on a
 retrospective basis, and accordingly, to conform to the current
 period presentation, we reclassified our restricted cash and cash
 equivalents to be included in the total of cash and cash
 equivalents presented at the bottom of our consolidated statement
 of cash flows for both the beginning and ending periods for our
 nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and 2016. As a result,
 the amount of the change in our net cash provided by operating
 activities no longer includes the impact of the change in
 restricted cash and cash equivalents for either period.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The following table summarizes the effects related to the adoption
 of both accounting standards (share-based compensation and
 restricted cash and cash equivalents) for the nine months ended
 September&amp;#xA0;30, 2016:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Data:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="76%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;September&amp;#xA0;30, 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As&amp;#xA0;reported&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As adjusted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net cash provided by operating activities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;214,451&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;213,265&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net cash used in investing activities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(166,000&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(163,500&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,656&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(3,714&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;52,107&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;46,051&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of
 period&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;23,036&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;98,420&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;75,143&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;144,471&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Recent Accounting Pronouncements&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 4%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In May 2014, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;Revenue from Contracts with
 Customers, as amended.&amp;#x201D; The standard is a comprehensive new
 revenue recognition model that requires revenue to be recognized in
 a manner to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer
 at an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be
 received in exchange for those goods or services. The accounting
 guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature,
 amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising
 from customer contracts, including significant judgements and
 changes in judgements and assets recognized from costs incurred to
 obtain or fulfill a contract. In July 2015, the FASB approved a
 one-year delay in the effective date. The University will adopt
 this new standard January&amp;#xA0;1, 2018 using the modified
 retrospective method and providing certain additional disclosure as
 defined within the standard. The University has elected to apply
 this guidance retrospectively to all contracts at the date of
 initial application. Management has undertaken a review of
 contracts and revenue streams for all of our net revenues. The
 majority of our revenues are related to tuition, net of
 scholarships, due from our students. Tuition revenues, net of
 scholarships, are currently recognized pro-rata over the applicable
 period of instruction which the University believes is consistent
 with the revenue recognition method required by the new standard.
 The University will provide expanded disclosures pertaining to
 revenue recognition in our quarterly filings beginning in the
 period of adoption. The University will clarify further its
 receivables and contract liabilities reported in its consolidated
 balance sheets. The University does not expect to have any contract
 assets. The University will elect the short-term contract exemption
 with respect to its performance obligations as all performance
 obligations as of the end of any reporting period are completed
 within less than a year. We anticipate the adoption of this
 standard will not have a material impact on our consolidated
 financial statements, cash flows or results of operations. The
 University is continuing to evaluate the impact the adoption of
 this standard will have on our accounting systems and system of
 internal controls and does not anticipate significant changes to
 our accounting systems and expects that there may be some
 enhancements in internal controls as a result of implementing the
 new standard.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In January 2016, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;&lt;i&gt;Financial Instruments
 &amp;#x2013; Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets
 and Financial Liabilities&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;#x201D; The standard addresses
 certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation, and
 disclosure of financial instruments. Most prominent among the
 amendments is the requirement for changes in the fair value of
 equity investments, with certain exceptions, to be recognized
 through net income rather than other comprehensive income
 (&amp;#x201C;OCI&amp;#x201D;). This standard is effective for fiscal years,
 and interim periods within those years, beginning after
 December&amp;#xA0;15, 2017, and early adoption is not permitted.
 Accordingly, the standard is effective for us on January&amp;#xA0;1,
 2018. We are currently evaluating the impact that the standard will
 have on our consolidated financial statements.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In February 2016, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;&lt;i&gt;Leases&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;#x201D; The
 standard establishes a&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;right-of-use&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;(&amp;#x201C;ROU&amp;#x201D;)
 model that requires a lessee to recognize a ROU asset and a lease
 liability on the balance sheet for all leases with lease terms
 longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance
 or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense
 recognition in the income statement. This standard is effective for
 fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning
 after December&amp;#xA0;15, 2018, and early adoption is permitted.
 Accordingly, the standard is effective for us on January&amp;#xA0;1,
 2019 using a modified retrospective transition approach. A modified
 retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for
 capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after,
 the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the
 financial statements, with certain practical expedients available.
 The University has begun evaluating the impact that the future
 adoption of this standard will have on our consolidated financial
 statements and we believe the adoption will slightly increase our
 assets and liabilities, and will increase our financial statement
 disclosures.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In June 2016, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;&lt;i&gt;Financial Instruments
 &amp;#x2013; Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
 Instruments&lt;/i&gt;&amp;#x201D;. The new guidance revises the accounting
 requirements related to the measurement of credit losses on
 financial instruments and the timing of when such losses are
 recorded. The standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim
 periods within those years, beginning after December&amp;#xA0;15, 2019.
 Early adoption is permitted for fiscal years and interim periods
 within those years, beginning after December&amp;#xA0;15, 2018.
 Accordingly, the standard is effective for us on January&amp;#xA0;1,
 2020 using a modified retrospective approach, and we are currently
 evaluating the impact that the standard will have on our
 consolidated financial statements.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University has determined that no other recent accounting
 pronouncements apply to its operations or could otherwise have a
 material impact on its consolidated financial statements.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap:SignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlock>
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 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Allowance for Doubtful Accounts&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 The University records an allowance for doubtful accounts for
 estimated losses resulting from the inability, failure or refusal
 of its students to make required payments, which includes the
 recovery of financial aid funds advanced to a student for amounts
 in excess of the student&amp;#x2019;s cost of tuition and related fees.
 The University determines the adequacy of its allowance for
 doubtful accounts based on an analysis of its historical bad debt
 experience, current economic trends, the aging of the accounts
 receivable and student status. The University applies reserves to
 its receivables based upon an estimate of the risk presented by the
 age of the receivables and student status. The University writes
 off accounts receivable balances at the earlier of the time the
 balances were deemed uncollectible, or one year after the revenue
 is generated. The University accelerates the write off of inactive
 student accounts such that the accounts are written off by day 150.
 The University reflects accounts receivable with an offsetting
 allowance as long as management believes there is a reasonable
 possibility of collection. Bad debt expense is recorded as an
 instructional costs and services expense in the consolidated income
 statement.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity
 with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires
 management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
 reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and
 accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those
 estimates.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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  <lope:MarketingAndPromotionalPolicyPolicyTextBlock contextRef="eol_PE778387--1710-Q0005_STD_273_20170930_0" id="id_12524267_281AC2A4-E7BE-400D-90F8-7D5EC377A823_1_0">&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Marketing and Promotional&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Marketing and promotional expenses include salaries, benefits and
 share-based compensation for marketing personnel, and other
 promotional expenses. This category also includes an allocation of
 depreciation, amortization, rent, and occupancy costs attributable
 to marketing and promotional activities. Marketing and promotional
 costs are expensed as incurred.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Unaudited Interim Financial Information&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial
 statements of the University have been prepared in accordance with
 U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and pursuant to the
 rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange
 Commission and the instructions to
 Form&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;10-Q&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;and Article 10.
 They do not include all of the information and footnotes required
 by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete
 financial statements. Such interim financial information is
 unaudited but reflects all adjustments that in the opinion of
 management are necessary for the fair presentation of the interim
 periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative
 of results for a full year. These consolidated financial statements
 should be read in conjunction with the University&amp;#x2019;s audited
 financial statements and footnotes included in its Annual Report on
 Form&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;10-K&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;for the fiscal
 year ended December&amp;#xA0;31, 2016 from which the December&amp;#xA0;31,
 2016 balance sheet information was derived.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in 2017&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In March 2016, the FASB issued &amp;#x201C;Compensation &amp;#x2013; Stock
 Compensation: Improvement to Employee Share-Based Payment
 Accounting,&amp;#x201D; to simplify certain aspects of the accounting
 for share-based payment transactions to employees. The new standard
 requires excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies to be recorded in
 the consolidated statements of income as a component of the
 provision for income taxes when stock awards vest or options are
 exercised. In addition, it eliminates the requirement to reclassify
 cash flows related to excess tax benefits from operating activities
 to financing activities on the consolidated statements of cash
 flows. The standard also provides an accounting policy election to
 account for forfeitures as they occur, allows us to withhold more
 of an employee&amp;#x2019;s vesting shares for tax withholding purposes
 without triggering liability accounting, and clarifies that all
 cash payments made to tax authorities on an employee&amp;#x2019;s behalf
 for withheld shares should be presented as a financing activity on
 our consolidated cash flows statement.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University adopted the new guidance in the first quarter of
 2017 which required us to reflect any adjustments as of
 January&amp;#xA0;1, 2017. Upon adoption, excess tax benefits or
 deficiencies from share-based awards or options are now reflected
 in the consolidated statement of income as a component of the
 provision for income taxes, whereas previously they were recognized
 in equity. The University elected to account for forfeitures as
 they occur, rather than estimate expected forfeitures. The net
 cumulative effect of this change increased
 additional&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;paid-in&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;capital and
 decreased retained earnings as of January&amp;#xA0;1, 2017 by $59, net
 of tax. The University did not have any previously unrecognized
 excess tax effects that had not been recorded as a reduction to tax
 liability.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University adopted the provisions of the standard impacting the
 cash flow presentation retrospectively, and accordingly, to conform
 to the current period presentation, we reclassified $7,370 of
 excess tax benefits which had been included as a financing activity
 to an operating activity for the nine months ended
 September&amp;#xA0;30, 2016 in our consolidated statement of cash
 flows. The presentation requirement for cash flows related to
 employee taxes paid for withheld shares had no impact on our
 consolidated statement of cash flows since such cash flows have
 historically been presented as a financing activity.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 Adoption of the provision of the new standard related to income
 taxes was adopted prospectively and resulted in a reduction to our
 provision for income taxes of $15,374 for the nine months ended
 September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, due to the recognition of excess tax
 benefits from restricted stock awards that vested or stock options
 that were exercised in 2017. Our restricted stock awards vest in
 March each year so the excess tax benefits and deficiencies is
 greatest in the first quarter each year. The inclusion of excess
 tax benefits and deficiencies as a component of our income tax
 expense will increase volatility within our provision for income
 taxes as the amount of excess tax benefits or deficiencies from
 share-based compensation awards are dependent on our stock price at
 the date the restricted awards vest, our stock price on the date an
 option is exercised, and the quantity of options exercised.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 1px; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In August 2016, the FASB issued a new standard that clarifies how
 certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and
 classified in the consolidated statement of cash flows. The
 University elected to early adopt this guidance in the first
 quarter of 2017 on a retrospective basis. There was no
 reclassification impact of the adoption on our consolidated
 statement of cash flows for the nine months ended
 September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and 2016, as our historical statements have
 been presented in accordance with this new guidance.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 In November 2016, the FASB issued a new standard that requires
 restricted cash and cash equivalents to be included with the amount
 of cash and cash equivalents that are reconciled on the
 consolidated statement of cash flows. The University elected to
 early adopt this guidance in the first quarter of 2017 on a
 retrospective basis, and accordingly, to conform to the current
 period presentation, we reclassified our restricted cash and cash
 equivalents to be included in the total of cash and cash
 equivalents presented at the bottom of our consolidated statement
 of cash flows for both the beginning and ending periods for our
 nine months ended September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017 and 2016. As a result,
 the amount of the change in our net cash provided by operating
 activities no longer includes the impact of the change in
 restricted cash and cash equivalents for either period.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The following table summarizes the effects related to the adoption
 of both accounting standards (share-based compensation and
 restricted cash and cash equivalents) for the nine months ended
 September&amp;#xA0;30, 2016:&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &lt;b&gt;Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Data:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="76%" align="center" border="0"&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td width="76%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" width="4%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;September&amp;#xA0;30, 2016&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As&amp;#xA0;reported&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,0,0) 1pt solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;As adjusted&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net cash provided by operating activities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;214,451&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;213,265&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net cash used in investing activities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(166,000&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(163,500&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;3,656&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;(3,714&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;)&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;52,107&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;46,051&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of
 period&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;23,036&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;98,420&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; break-inside: avoid"&gt;
 &lt;td valign="top"&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"&gt;
 Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;75,143&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;144,471&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
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 &lt;b&gt;9. Regulatory&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 8%; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial"&gt;
 The University is subject to extensive regulation by federal and
 state governmental agencies and accrediting bodies. In particular,
 the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (the &amp;#x201C;Higher
 Education Act&amp;#x201D;), and the regulations promulgated thereunder
 by the Department of Education, subject the University to
 significant regulatory scrutiny on the basis of numerous standards
 that schools must satisfy in order to participate in the various
 federal student financial assistance programs under Title IV of the
 Higher Education Act.&lt;/p&gt;
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 To participate in the Title IV programs, an institution must be
 authorized to offer its programs of instruction by the relevant
 agency of the state in which it is located, accredited by an
 accrediting agency recognized by the Department of Education and
 certified as eligible by the Department of Education. The
 Department of Education will certify an institution to participate
 in the Title IV programs only after the institution has
 demonstrated compliance with the Higher Education Act and the
 Department of Education&amp;#x2019;s extensive regulations regarding
 institutional eligibility. An institution must also demonstrate its
 compliance to the Department of Education on an ongoing basis. The
 University&amp;#x2019;s accreditation has been reaffirmed by the Higher
 Learning Commission (&amp;#x201C;HLC&amp;#x201D;) after a comprehensive
 review of the institution&amp;#x2019;s academic offerings, governance
 and administration,&amp;#xA0;mission, finances and resources during
 an&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;on-site&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;visit in
 November 2016.&amp;#xA0;The accreditation was reaffirmed by the
 HLC&amp;#x2019;s Institutional Actions council at its meeting on
 February&amp;#xA0;28, 2017 with no requirements for any monitoring or
 interim reports.&amp;#xA0;The comprehensive review occurs every 10
 years, along with a&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;mid-term&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;report in
 year four. As of September&amp;#xA0;30, 2017, management believes the
 University is in compliance with the applicable regulations in all
 material respects. The University has a program participation
 agreement with full certification from the Department of Education,
 which gives the University the ability to participate in the Title
 IV programs through December&amp;#xA0;31, 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
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 Because the University operates in a highly regulated industry, it,
 like other industry participants, may be subject from time to time
 to investigations, claims of&amp;#xA0;&lt;font style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"&gt;non-compliance,&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#xA0;or
 lawsuits by governmental agencies or third parties, which allege
 statutory violations, regulatory infractions, or common law causes
 of action. While there can be no assurance that regulatory agencies
 or third parties will not undertake investigations or make claims
 against the University, or that such claims, if made, will not have
 a material adverse effect on the University&amp;#x2019;s business,
 results of operations or financial condition, management believes
 the University is in compliance with applicable regulations in all
 material respects.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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 Admissions advisory and related expenses include salaries and
 benefits for admissions advisory personnel as well as an allocation
 of depreciation, amortization, rent and occupancy costs
 attributable to the admissions advisory personnel.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
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