The Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) will hold its annual meeting January 20-23 in Scottsdale, Arizona. CCE is the nation's official accrediting agency for programs and institutions that offer the doctor of chiropractic degree.
Among items on the council's agenda, the CCE's commission onaccreditation (COA) will meet on the 20th and 21st to conductstatus reviews of two programs; review a progress report from oneaccredited program; and discuss other important COA matters.
On the last day of the annual meeting, the council's board ofdirectors will consider proposed substantive revisions andrecommendations for the CCE bylaws and the Standards forChiropractic Programs and Institutions. Proposed changes to "thecriteria for accreditation" portion of the standards are aimed to:
- delineate institutional requirements and program requirements;
- note differences among requirements, criteria and quantitative standards and explain the purposes of each;
- revise and clarify requirements regarding institutional integrity, mission, assessment and planning, organization, governance, administration, faculty/staff, support services, finance, public disclosure, and facilities;
- revise and clarify requirements regarding curriculum, clinical resources, matriculation, foreign students, clinical education outcomes, and research.
For more information on the proposed revisions, contact the CCE's executive office at 7975 North Hayden Road, Suite A210, Scottsdale AZ 85258; tel: 602-443-8877; fax: 602-483-7333.
