[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 6/25/02 ]
Life trustees discuss accreditation options Tuesday 
By MARY MACDONALD 
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer 
The trustees of Life University will meet Tuesday to consider options that would 
continue accreditation for some 2,600 chiropractic students who have yet to 
complete the school's nearly four-year program.
The board is expected to hear proposals from other chiropractic colleges that 
are considering a partnership or merger with Life's chiropractic program to 
provide seamless accreditation.
There is a possibility that Life and its founder, Sid Williams, could lose control 
of the 28-year-old chiropractic program and that remaining students would 
graduate with a degree from the partnering college instead of Life. All 
possibilities are being considered, said several board members.
"[Life has] 2,600 students; we're concerned about them," said Charles Ribley, a 
trustee from Romulus, Mich. "That's the priority."
The full 14-member board has met two times in as many weeks to consider 
the ramifications of the loss of accreditation. The Council on Chiropractic 
Education, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., revoked the accreditation of Life's largest 
degree program on June 10.
The changes that have roiled the Marietta campus since that decision have 
extended to the board. Chairwoman Rebecca Ray, a Ball Ground chiropractor 
and board member for at least a decade, resigned from the board Friday.
The reasons were personal, said trustee James Sigafoose of Thomasville, Pa.
Ray did not respond to a request for an interview.
There is some possibility the board could make a public statement following its 
daylong meeting. The representatives of several chiropractic colleges, 
including Life Chiropractic College West and Cleveland Chiropractic College, 
are expected to attend the meeting. Both colleges are fully accredited and 
share the same traditional approach to chiropractic as Life.
"We have to make a decision," Sigafoose said. "The priority is for students to 
have continuity in their education. There are no personalities involved. Nothing 
else is involved but the welfare of the students."