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American Public Education Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Tuesday, 3/5/24, at 4:03pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1201792-24-5   ·   File #:  1-33810

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 3/05/24  American Public Education Inc.    10-K       12/31/23  113:12M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.69M 
 2: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     41K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     29K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     29K 
 5: EX-24       Power of Attorney                                   HTML     39K 
10: EX-97       Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     48K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
16: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     95K 
17: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     34K 
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    136K 
19: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     61K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    117K 
21: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     66K 
22: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     98K 
23: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    133K 
24: R9          Nature of Business                                  HTML     38K 
25: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     84K 
26: R11         Acquisition Activity                                HTML     82K 
27: R12         Revenue                                             HTML     95K 
28: R13         Property and Equipment                              HTML     53K 
29: R14         Assets Held For Sale                                HTML     32K 
30: R15         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    132K 
31: R16         Leases                                              HTML     59K 
32: R17         Long -Term Debt                                     HTML     57K 
33: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML    112K 
34: R19         Other Employee Benefits                             HTML     73K 
35: R20         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    136K 
36: R21         Preferred Stock                                     HTML     42K 
37: R22         Contingencies                                       HTML     32K 
38: R23         Concentration                                       HTML     48K 
39: R24         Segment Information                                 HTML     99K 
40: R25         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     32K 
41: R26         Quarterly Financial Summary (Unaudited)             HTML     59K 
42: R27         Schedule??II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts      HTML     70K 
43: R28         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     41K 
44: R29         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     35K 
45: R30         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    133K 
46: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     37K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R32         Acquisition Activity (Tables)                       HTML     77K 
48: R33         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     81K 
49: R34         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     51K 
50: R35         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    128K 
51: R36         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     55K 
52: R37         Long -Term Debt (Tables)                            HTML     45K 
53: R38         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    112K 
54: R39         Other Employee Benefits (Tables)                    HTML     70K 
55: R40         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    126K 
56: R41         Preferred Stock (Tables)                            HTML     38K 
57: R42         Concentration (Tables)                              HTML     49K 
58: R43         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     98K 
59: R44         Quarterly Financial Summary (Unaudited) (Tables)    HTML     58K 
60: R45         Nature of Business (Details)                        HTML     38K 
61: R46         Significant Accounting Policies - Restricted Cash   HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R47         Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of        HTML     39K 
                Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents (Details)                   
63: R48         Significant Accounting Policies - Property and      HTML     37K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
64: R49         Significant Accounting Policies - Investments       HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R50         Significant Accounting Policies - Deferred Revenue  HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R51         Significant Accounting Policies - Advertising       HTML     31K 
                Costs (Details)                                                  
67: R52         Significant Accounting Policies - Stock-based       HTML     33K 
                Compensation (Details)                                           
68: R53         Acquisition Activity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     82K 
69: R54         Acquisition Activity - Assets Acquired and          HTML    105K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
70: R55         Acquisition Activity - Schedule of Fair Value of    HTML     58K 
                Identified Intangible Assets Acquired (Details)                  
71: R56         Acquisition Activity - Pro Forma Financial          HTML     35K 
                Information (Details)                                            
72: R57         Revenue - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     64K 
73: R58         Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)       HTML     95K 
74: R59         Property and Equipment - Schedule of Property and   HTML     73K 
                Equipment (Details)                                              
75: R60         Property and Equipment - Narrative (Details)        HTML     38K 
76: R61         Assets Held For Sale (Details)                      HTML     36K 
77: R62         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative          HTML     83K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R63         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     51K 
                Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill by                        
                Reportable Segment (Details)                                     
79: R64         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     48K 
                Identified Intangible Assets with Definite Life                  
                (Details)                                                        
80: R65         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of Other  HTML     81K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
81: R66         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     33K 
                Future Amortization of Intangible Assets (Details)               
82: R67         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     52K 
83: R68         Leases - Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities  HTML     76K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R69         Leases - Other Information (Details)                HTML     58K 
85: R70         Long -Term Debt - Narrative (Details)               HTML    120K 
86: R71         Long -Term Debt - Long term debt (Details)          HTML     51K 
87: R72         Long -Term Debt - Maturities of long term debt      HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R73         Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Income     HTML     52K 
                Tax Expense (Details)                                            
89: R74         Income Taxes - Schedule of Tax Effects of           HTML     76K 
                Principal Temporary Differences (Details)                        
90: R75         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     36K 
91: R76         Income Taxes - Schedule of Difference of Income     HTML     72K 
                Tax Expense from the United States Federal Income                
                Tax Rates (Details)                                              
92: R77         Other Employee Benefits - Narrative (Details)       HTML     51K 
93: R78         Other Employee Benefits - Schedule of Shares        HTML     52K 
                Purchased in Open Market for Employees (Details)                 
94: R79         Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML    105K 
95: R80         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Restricted Stock  HTML     54K 
                and Restricted Stock Units Activity (Details)                    
96: R81         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Status of Stock   HTML     72K 
                Incentive Plans and Changes During Periods                       
                (Details)                                                        
97: R82         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Fair Value at     HTML     41K 
                the Date of Grant (Details)                                      
98: R83         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Stock-based       HTML     39K 
                Compensation (Details)                                           
99: R84         Preferred Stock - Narrative (Details)               HTML     80K 
100: R85         Preferred Stock - Schedule Of Components Of The     HTML     37K  
                Liquidation Preference (Details)                                 
101: R86         Concentration - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     32K  
102: R87         Concentration - Summary of Segment Revenue Derived  HTML     53K  
                from Students by Primary Funding Source (Details)                
103: R88         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     31K  
104: R89         Segment Information - Summary of Financial          HTML    100K  
                Information (Details)                                            
105: R90         Segment Information - Summary of Consolidated       HTML     47K  
                Assets (Details)                                                 
106: R91         Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details)             HTML     34K  
107: R92         Quarterly Financial Summary (Unaudited) (Details)   HTML     65K  
108: R93         Schedule??II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts      HTML     60K  
                (Details)                                                        
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<xs:element id="apei_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesAccountsPayableAndAccruedExpenses" abstract="false" name="BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesAccountsPayableAndAccruedExpenses" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" xbrli:balance="credit" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType"/>
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 8/08/23  American Public Education Inc.    10-Q        6/30/23   77:88M
 6/07/23  American Public Education Inc.    S-8         6/07/23    6:91K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/22/23  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:5,9     5/19/23   12:235K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/20/23  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:5,7,8,9 3/20/23   12:312K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
12/28/22  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:1,3,5,912/28/22   12:629K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
12/23/22  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:5,9    12/22/22   11:350K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/24/22  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:5,9     5/20/22   11:222K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
11/08/21  American Public Education Inc.    10-Q        9/30/21   70:8.1M
 9/02/21  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:1,2,7,9 9/01/21   13:2.2M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/09/21  American Public Education Inc.    10-K       12/31/20   96:11M
11/09/20  American Public Education Inc.    10-Q        9/30/20   53:5M
10/29/20  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:1,2,7,910/28/20   14:3.9M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/18/20  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:5,9     5/15/20    3:51K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/22/19  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:5,7,9   8/20/19    4:306K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/15/17  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:5,7,9   5/12/17    3:441K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/05/14  American Public Education Inc.    10-Q        6/30/14   47:4M                                     Business Wire/FA
 6/17/14  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:5,9     6/13/14    2:60K                                    Business Wire/FA
 2/27/14  American Public Education Inc.    10-K       12/31/13   85:10M                                    Business Wire/FA
11/14/07  American Public Education Inc.    8-K:1,3,5  11/08/07    4:237K                                   Bowne - DC/FA
10/26/07  American Public Education Inc.    S-1/A                  7:2.5M                                   Bowne - DC/FA
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