U.S. Career Institute (USCI) opened in 1981, in Fort Collins,Colorado. The institute was established by Pamela Weston, who’sgoals was to offer a step-by-step training program for individualsseeking to enroll in a distance learning program from home and/oroffice. Weston’s employment as a legal transcriber paved the way ofthe idea to offer a study course for medical transcription and theinstitute grew from there.USCI offers students certificate and degreed programs in thehealth care, legal, general studies and work from home fieldsthrough distance learning. The advantage of distance learning isallowing the student to work at their own pace and knowing thatstudent support is either an email or phone call away. One key todistance learning is obtaining the discipline to create deadlinesfor the