MARIETTA, GA - Dr. Sid Williams announced June 13 that he would resign as president of Life University Chiropractic College (LUCC) in March 2003 when he turns 75. Insiders say that Dr. Sid's decision to retire was made before the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) announced it would not renew Life's accreditation.
Dr. Williams asserts that the academic program at Life University gives chiropractic students a superior education, but the Commission on Accreditation (COA) of the CCE clearly disagrees. Some of the students at Life are calling for a congressional investigation of the CCE, and feel the accrediting body has been unjust in removing Life's accreditation. Whatever the opinion of the students may be, their future studies are in limbo.
Dr. Williams acknowledges that the university has begun a search for a candidate to replace him, but that he will become chancellor after he retires as president. Some critics of Dr. Williams believe that he should retire from all involvement with the school he founded; others are disappointed that the only president the school has ever known will be stepping down.
"If he moves up as chancellor, he probably will still be in control of the school," Dr. Arch Culbreth, president of the Georgia Chiropractic Association, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Dr. Williams has met with students to assure them that the university is in no immediate danger of closing, as Life University will be appealing the COA's ruling, a period in which students will continue to study and receive credit toward their degrees.
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