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 Studin, DC, FPSC, FASBE(C), DAAPM
Dr. Mark Studin serves as an adjunct assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He is also an adjunct associate professor of chiropractic at the University of Bridgeport, College of Chiropractic, and an adjunct postgraduate faculty member at Cleveland University –Kansas City, College of Chiropractic. Dr. Studin consults nationally with doctors of chiropractic, medical primary care providers and medical specialists. His professional focus is on advancing the appropriate utilization and integration of chiropractic care within global healthcare systems.