Stratford Career Institute (SCI) is a distance education school established in 1991 that offers at-home vocational training programs to students in North America.
[1] Stratford offers more than 60 distance education courses with correspondence by mail, the Internet, or in combination.
SCI markets its courses for the purposes of "personal development" to learn or improve skills that can be used to seek employment in a particular field or for personal enjoyment.
[2] In February 2016, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against the school.
[5] Stratford Career Institute does not hold any regional and national educational accreditation that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or any Canadian accreditation agency.