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 ExclusiveBrian Grieves, DC, MPH
Dr. Brian Grieves maintains a private practice in Shawano, Wisc., where he focuses on evidence-based management of spinal pain. He is an ACA member as well as a faculty member of the Institute for Evidence-Based Chiropractic, and has written previously about public- health approaches to back pain (JACA) and the cost of chiropractic versus medical care for back pain (JMPT).