Strategic Education, Inc. (STRA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Welcome to Strategic Education's second quarter 2026 results conference call. I will now turn the call over to Terese Wilke, Senior Director of Investor Relations for Strategic Education. Ms. Wilke, please go ahead. Thank you. Hello, everyone, and welcome to Strategic Education's conference call in which we will discuss second quarter 2026 results. With us today are Karl McDonnell, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Daniel Jackson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Following today's remarks, we will open the call for questions. Please note that this call may include forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements are based on current expectations and are subject to a number of assumptions, uncertainties, and risks that strategic education has identified in today's press release that could cause actual results to differ materially. Further information about these and other relevant uncertainties may be found in Strategic Education's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, the 10Q to be filed, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as Strategic Education's future 8-Ks, 10Qs, and 10-Ks. Copies of these filings and the full press release are available for viewing on our website at strategiceducation.com. and now I'd like to turn the call over to Karl. Karl, please go ahead. Thank you, Terese, and good morning, everyone. SEI's second quarter financial results, which we released this morning, demonstrate continued significant strength in our ETS division, increased momentum in U.S. higher education, and meaningful progress in returning our Australia business to growth in 2027. Before I go through the results themselves, ...