Financial pressure, enrollment declines and institutional challenges are emerging at several U.S. chiropractic colleges. Life Chiropractic College West's and Life University's struggles may be the most talked about but appear to be part of a larger story. And with recent USDE requirements threatening to hamstring federal student financing for DC degree programs, chiropractic education is facing questions for which it has no immediate answers.
| Digital ExclusiveChiropractic Council on Education Elects New Officers
The Chiropractic Council on Education (CCE) has elected their new officers.
John Miller, D.C., president of Palmer College of Chiropractic- West has been elected as president; James Winterstein, D.C., president of National College of Chiropractic has been elected as vice president; and Carl Cleveland, III, D.C., of Cleveland Chiropractic College is new secretary/treasurer.
We wish these new officers success as they endeavor to serve the CCE, and through their posts -- the chiropractic profession, and ultimately the public they serve in setting and regulating standards of soundness and quality in the education of students of chiropractic with the purpose of producing competent, primary health care practitioners.