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 ExclusiveMark Losack, DC, CCSP, FICC
Dr Mark Losack, a 1996 graduate of Southern California University of Health Sciences, served in the U.S. Marine Corps from November 2002 – August 2009. His term of service included time in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (See our May 19, 2003 article, "Chiropractic on the Front Line in Baghdad," to hear about Dr. Losack's experience.) He practices in Oceanside, Calif.