Stratford Career Institute (SCI) is a distance education school established in 1991 that offers at-home vocational training programs to students in North America. Stratford's corporate offices are located in Montreal, Canada, with a U.S shipping/mailing office in St. Albans, Vermont.
It offers more than 60 distance education courses with correspondence by mail, the Internet, or in combination. Students graduate with an unaccredited career diploma. Instructors are available via e-mail and toll-free phone. Stratford’s online eService allows students to take exams, track shipments, make tuition payments, use the online library, and other services.
Stratford Career Institute is a member of the United States Distance Learning Association, The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, and the International Council for Open and Distance Education. Stratford is also affiliated with DCA Home Learning in the United Kingdom.
The school claims to have enrolled more than one million students worldwide since 1991.
Accreditation
Stratford Career Institute does not currently hold regional and national accreditation that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education Stratford Career Institute markets their courses for the purposes of "personal development" to learn or improve skills that can be used to immediately seek employment in a particular field or for personal enjoyment.
In February 2016, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against the school. The FTC alleged that Institute was misleading consumers about its high school equivalency program, which the FTC failed to meet the basic requirements set by most U.S. states.