To: ACA Members, House of Delegates, Board of Governors and Other 

Interested Parties

From: Gary Cuneo (GCUNEO@amerchiro.org)


Date: January 6, 2002 

This week's report includes the following items:

CCE DESERVES OUR SUPPORT

In recent weeks, the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) has 
been under attack by some elements in the profession regarding 
their action in removing accreditation status from Life University.  
ACA does not share in this criticism.  ACA has been -- and continues 
to be -- a strong supporter of CCE's activities, and while the impact 
on Life's students by the decision is regrettable, we understand that 
CCE followed a fair and comprehensive due process in arriving at its 
decision.  CCE needs to be supported.  Those of you in the profession 
who were around during the seventies when the "educational wars" 
were fought will agree that it was the emergence of CCE as the sole 
accrediting agency recognized by the federal government that
upgraded chiropractic education and helped to bring about a degree 
of unity in the profession. The days when you decided who your 
friends were by the school from which they graduated were set 
aside, and chiropractic education was allowed to grow free from the 
politics of organized chiropractic.  I can tell you from my own 
experience of lobbying the state and federal legislatures, that the 
emergence of CCE has been a tremendous help in advancing our 
legislative agendas. Quality education is important to legislatures, 
and CCE has made this its highest priority. The educational 
standards of the CCE are constantly being reviewed and upgraded by 
the CCE. The CCE has always made a concerted effort to gain input 
from various organizations and individuals within the profession
during this process.  The ACA recently took this opportunity by 
suggesting that the procedures regarding colleges seeking status 
should be reviewed so that institutions do not have to be in full 
compliance with CCE standards before they can apply. We believe 
this proposal will help not only emerging chiropractic colleges
like FSU, but also those like Life University that have indicated to us 
a desire to take a different direction from the past administration.