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{{Infobox university
| name = Stratford University
| image = [[Image:Stratford University Seal.jpg|130px|Stratford Seal]]
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| motto = ''Scientia est potentia''
|mottoeng = Knowledge is power
| established = {{start date and age|1976}}
| type = [[Private university|Private]], [[Public benefit corporation|public benefit]]<ref name="For Benefit" /> university
| president = Richard R. Shurtz II.<ref name="Shurtz">{{cite web|url=http://www.careereducationreview.net/featured-articles/docs/2012/CareerEducationReview_TransformerInChief_0313.pdf | title=Leadership Profile: Transformer-in-Chief | publisher=Career Education Review | access-date= 2012-06-04}}</ref>
| city = [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]], [[Falls Church, Virginia|Falls Church]], [[Woodbridge, Virginia|Woodbridge]], [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[New Delhi, India|New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbc12.com/2019/05/09/stratford-university-closing-glen-allen-campus/|title=The school is closing three campuses in Virginia|publisher=nbc12.com|access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref>
| state =
| country =
| undergrad =
| postgrad =
| doctoral =
| staff =
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]] campuses
| pushpin_map = USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA
| mascot = [[Cardinal (bird)|Cardinal]]
| colors = [[Blue]] and [[Silver (color)|Silver]]<br/>{{color box|#336699}} {{color box|#C0C0C0}}
| website = [http://www.stratford.edu Stratford.edu]
| logo = [[Image:StratfordUniversityLogo.png|240px|Stratford Logo]]
}}

'''Stratford University''' is a [[Private university|private]], [[Public benefit corporation|public benefit]]<ref name="For Benefit">{{cite web |title=B Lab's Benefit Corporation Listing | url=http://benefitcorp.net/businesses/find-a-benefit-corp?field_bcorp_certified_value=&state=All&title=Stratford+University&op=Go&sort_by=title&sort_order=ASC | access-date=2015-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Stratford University Announces New Status As Benefit Corporation |url=http://www.alexandrianews.org/stratford-university-announces-new-status-as-benefit-corporation/ |access-date=2015-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122220237/http://www.alexandrianews.org/stratford-university-announces-new-status-as-benefit-corporation/ |archive-date=2015-11-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Another For-Profit Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation | url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/10/29/another-profit-becomes-public-benefit-corporation | access-date=2015-11-04}}</ref> university headquartered in [[Falls Church, Virginia]]. Founded in 1976, Stratford delivers [[Online education|online]], [[classroom]], and [[blended learning|blended online/classroom]] programs.<ref name="Stratford Catalog">{{cite web | title=Stratford University 2010-11 Catalog | url=http://www.stratford.edu/img/fckimages/2010-11Catalogweb.pdf | access-date=2010-03-24}}</ref>

Stratford University has campuses in [[Virginia]] ([[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Stratford University to open Alexandria campus | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/breaking_ground/2013/11/stratford-university-to-open.html | access-date=2014-03-03}}</ref> [[Falls Church, Virginia|Falls Church]], [[Woodbridge, Virginia|Woodbridge]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Stratford University opens Woodbridge campus | url=http://www2.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/stratford_university_opens_woodbridge_campus/30640/ | archive-url=https://archive.is/20110809052137/http://www2.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/stratford_university_opens_woodbridge_campus/30640/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2011-08-09 | access-date=2010-03-15 }}</ref>) Maryland ([[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]]<ref Name="Baltimore Approval">{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-12-29/news/bs-md-baltimore-international-20111229_1_charles-nabit-culinary-instructors-baltimore-international-college|title=Baltimore International College set to hand control to Va.-based Stratford|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=December 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bmoremedia.com/features/stratford061912.aspx |title=Culinary School Stratford Cooks Up Big Plans for Baltimore | publisher=BmoreMedia | access-date=2012-06-19}}</ref>), and India ([[New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Stratford University to set up campus in India | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/stratford-university-to-set-up-campus-in-ind/528941/ | access-date=2010-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = College of the Year 2014 Edition: MAII-Stratford University | url=http://www.siliconindia.com/magazine-articles-in/BSBA_BBA_MAIIStratford_University-ZGET915510369.html | access-date=2015-01-26}}</ref>). The majority of the student body is non-traditional and works full-time while attending school. Stratford's [[international student]] body represents over thirty countries.<ref name="International Booklet">{{cite web | title=Stratford University International Student Booklet | url=http://www.stratford.edu/img/fckimages/International%20Student%20Booklet.pdf| access-date=2010-03-22}}</ref> Approximately 20% of the student body is international and 20% is military.

The Stratford campus in India is a joint venture with the [[Modi Group]], created to offer residential American degrees in India. The legal name of the Indian joint venture is Modi Stratford Education Management (MSEM), Pvt. Ltd. The Modi Stratford Foundation, a wholly owned non-profit subsidiary of MSEM, delivers the academic programs in India as an accredited campus of Stratford University.<ref>{{cite web | title=Stratford University New Delhi Campus (MAII)| url=http://www.stratford.edu/new-delhi-india-campus}}</ref>

==History==
Stratford University signed a letter of intent for an affiliation with [[Baltimore International College]] (BIC) on August 12, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-08-14/news/bs-md-ci-international-college-20110814_1_accreditation-process-culinary-program-baltimore-international-college|title=Baltimore International College to merge with Stratford University|author=Childs Walker|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref> The university received approval from the Maryland Higher Education Commission and Baltimore officially became an additional location of Stratford University on December 1, 2011.<ref Name="Baltimore Approval"/>

Stratford University signed a memorandum of understanding with [[Sojourner-Douglass College]] (SDC) on April 2, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-ci-sojourner-stratford-20150401-story.html|title=Financially plagued Sojourner-Douglass may become part of Stratford University|author=Joe Burris|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> This memorandum outlines a process through which SDC programs will transition to Stratford after June 30, 2015, the date that SDC loses it accreditation. This location will be renamed the ''Sojourner-Douglass Center at Stratford University''.

Stratford University received the Virginia V3 Perseverando Award for both 2015 and 2015. The awards were presented to Stratford by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe of at the Annual Chamber of Commerce Workforce Conference in Richmond.<ref>{{cite web | title= Governor McAuliffe Celebrates Success of Virginia Values Veterans Program | url= https://governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/newsarticle?articleId=12520 | access-date=2018-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= Governor McAuliffe Announces over 18,000 Veterans Hired Through the Virginia Values Veterans Program | url=https://governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/newsarticle?articleId=17926 | access-date=2018-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= Stratford University Wins the Perseverando Award | url=https://www.stratford.edu/news/stratford-university-wins-perseverando-award| access-date=2018-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= Stratford University Wins the Perseverando Award 2016 Again | url=https://www.stratford.edu/news/stratford-university-wins-perseverando-award-2016-again| access-date=2018-04-11}}</ref>

In 2016, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented Stratford University with the ''President’s "E" Award for Exports''. It is the highest recognition any U.S. entity can receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports. The 'E' Awards noted Stratford University's dedication to providing quality education to students around the world, particularly its investment in language training programs.<ref>{{cite web | title=Stratford University Receives Presidential Award for Export Success | url=http://www.stratford.edu/news/stratford-university-receives-presidential-award-export-successes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Honors U.S. Companies with Presidential Award for Export Achievements | url=https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2016/05/us-secretary-commerce-penny-pritzker-honors-us-companies-presidential}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Stratford University Receives Presidential Award For Export Successes | url=http://dc.citybizlist.com/article/353859/stratford-university-receives-presidential-award-for-export-successes}}</ref>

In 2019, Stratford announced that it would be closing three of its campuses in Virginia, including campuses in [[Newport News]] and [[Virginia Beach]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilligan |first1=Gregory |title=Stratford University shutting down three Virginia campuses including one in western Henrico |url=https://richmond.com/business/stratford-university-shutting-down-three-virginia-campuses-including-one-in-western-henrico/article_08f99c76-467c-50dd-891b-e1be06666881.html#:~:text=Stratford%20University%20is%20closing%20its,and%20two%20others%20in%20Virginia.&text=Stratford%27s%20remaining%20four%20U.S.%20campuses,not%20going%20out%20of%20business. |website=richmond.com |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>

In 2020, Stratford's accreditor, the [[Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools]], was investigating the school for allegedly operating an unapproved program in Irbil, Iraq.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacFarlane |first1=Scott |last2=West |first2=Willard |title=Stratford University at Risk of Losing Accreditation |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/stratford-university-at-risk-of-losing-accreditation/2227510/ |website=www.nbcwashington.com |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>

==Academics==
[[File:Stratford University building seen from the parking lot of the Westin Tyson's Corner.jpg|thumb|left|Stratford University building in [[Falls Church, Virginia]]]]
Stratford awards [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] and [[undergraduate]] degrees in a number of disciplines including [[business administration]], [[computer information systems]], [[health sciences]], [[nursing]], [[culinary arts]], and [[hotel management]]. Online, residential, and blended programs are available. All online and blended courses use the Stratford online [[Moodle]] platform hosted in Stratford's data center.<ref>{{cite web | title=Stratford University Online Programs | url=http://www.stratford.edu/stratford-university/online-programs | access-date=24 May 2010}}</ref>

Stratford has established programs to help US military and former-US military personnel complete their education and is recognized by the Veterans Administration as a member of the Yellow Ribbon Program.<ref>{{cite web | title=Veterans Administration Yellow Ribbon Institutions in Virginia | url=https://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/CH33/YRP/states/va.htm | access-date=2010-03-23 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324034002/http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_BILL_Info/CH33/YRP/states/va.htm | archive-date=2010-03-24 }}</ref>
Stratford offers non-credit continuing education and professional development courses like ''Event Management Certificate Program'', ''Culinary Workshops'' and Certification Courses including [[Oracle Database|Oracle]], [[Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer|MSCE]], [[.Net Framework]], [[Cisco]], [[Linux]], and [[computer security]]-related topics for students and IT professionals.

Stratford's Language Institute offers an academic English as Second Language (ESL) program to help international students enter a degree program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stratford Language Institute Homepage |url=http://www.stratford.edu/content_pages/view/stratford-language-institute|access-date=2 July 2010}}</ref>

==Student body==
According to [[College Scorecard]], Stratford's student body is 57 percent black, 19 percent white, 8 percent Hispanic, and 5 percent Asian.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stratford University |url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?438498-Stratford-University |website=College Scorecard |publisher=US Department of Education |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>

==Student outcomes==
According to the College Scorecard, Stratford has a graduation rate of 34 percent. Salary after attending ranges from $22,485 to $65,238. Two years after completion, student debtors had the following status: 30% in forbearance, 24% not making progress, 17% defaulted, 11% in deferment, 9% delinquent, 6% making progress, 2% paid in full, and 1% discharged.

==Rankings==
[[Washington Monthly]] ranks Stratford number 605 out of 614 masters-level universities in social mobility.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Master’s University Rankings |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020college-guide/masters |website=washingtonmonthly.com |publisher=Washington Monthly |access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>

==Accreditation and affiliations==
[[File:Stratford University, Baltimore campus.jpg|thumb|left|A Stratford University building in Baltimore, seen in 2012]]
Stratford University is accredited by the [[Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools]] (ACICS) to award through master's degrees.<ref name="ACICS Member Directory">{{cite web | title=ACICS Member Directory | url=http://personify.acics.org/Default.aspx?TabId=204 | access-date=2020-09-22}}</ref> Stratford University is exempt from requirements of oversight to grant Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees by [[State Council of Higher Education for Virginia]] (SCHEV).<ref>{{cite web | title=Private Institutions exempt from certification | url=http://www.schev.edu/students/PrivateExempt.asp | access-date=2011-11-23 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003192710/http://www.schev.edu/students/PrivateExempt.asp | archive-date=2011-10-03 }}</ref>

Stratford's nursing program is approved by the Virginia Board of Nursing<ref>{{cite web | title=VBON Programs Preparing for Registered Nurse Licensure | url=http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/nursing/nursing_edprogs.htm | access-date=2010-03-22}}</ref> and accredited by the [[Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.aacn.nche.edu/CCNE/reports/rptAccreditedPrograms_New.asp?state=VA&sFullName=Virginia&sProgramType=1|title=CCNE-Accredited Baccalaureate Nursing Degree Programs in Virginia|access-date=2012-06-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.is/20121211065354/http://apps.aacn.nche.edu/CCNE/reports/rptAccreditedPrograms_New.asp?state=VA&sFullName=Virginia&sProgramType=1|archive-date=2012-12-11}}</ref> The university's medical assisting program is accredited by the [[Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools]] and its Language Institute is accredited by the [[Commission on English Language Program Accreditation]].

Stratford's culinary programs have received programmatic accreditation from the [[American Culinary Federation]] (ACF).<ref>{{cite web|title=ACF Accredited Postsecondary Programs in Virginia |url=http://www.acfchefs.org/Source/Schools/Postsecondary.cfm#VA |access-date=2010-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307022638/http://www.acfchefs.org/Source/Schools/Postsecondary.cfm |archive-date=March 7, 2010 }}</ref>
Stratford is a member of the [[International Association of Culinary Professionals]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Stratford Accreditation and Affiliations | url=http://www.stratford.edu/content_pages/view/accreditation-and-affiliations | access-date=2010-03-23}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.stratford.edu Official website]

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