August 2007

Chiropractic program receives accreditation

The Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Chiropractic Education awarded D’Youville College initial accreditation for its doctor of chiropractic program.

The council is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as the specialized accrediting agency for such programs.

D’Youville began the program in 2004 and was the first standard accredited multidisciplinary college in New York to mainstream chiropractic education. Today, it has 73 students working towards earning their doctor of chiropractic degree.

The commission, after having completed a three-day site visit in February 2007 and a program status review in July, granted accreditation status to the program.

“To my knowledge, D’Youville’s program becomes the first truly integrated doctor of chiropractic program in the country to receive the Council on Chiropractic Education accreditation,” says Paul T. Hageman, PhD, department chair and founder of the program. “The is a giant step forward in our efforts to fulfill the White House Commission’s recommendation regarding the need to mainstream complementary and alternative medicine and to help create a more integrated healthcare system.”

The accreditation starts a four-year accreditation cycle for the program and requires a self-study report from the college in 2009 with a continuing accreditation site visit scheduled for 2011.

D’Youville’s program is offered on two levels: One that provides high school graduates with the opportunity to complete a degree in biology and the doctor of chiropractic in seven years and one for transfer students with previous college credits.

Source: D’Youville College, www.dyc.edu

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