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October 2011 In This Issue:
CCE Looking for Site Visitation Team Members - Must Apply by October 31st
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you should know that the CCE has changed their standards for chiropractic educational programs by removing some of the core items that are unique to chiropractic. A large outcry has come forth from the profession to the US Department of Education, who is the agency that accredits the CCE. The CCE comes up for reaccredidation by the USDE the end of this year. The outpouring of protest, and comment has been unprecedented both at the CCE and the USDE. Several organizations including the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) and the Georgia Council of Chiropractic (GCC) have filed formal complaints with the CCE and the USDE. Probably the biggest surprise to the CCE and the USDE has been the sheer volume of practicing DCs who have chimed in to speak their protests to the CCE. Thousands have responded to the CCE, the USDE, in the general media as well as flooding the online and social media outlets. What can you do? There are several things you can do RIGHT NOW to help:
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In
the midst of the grass roots uprising against the CCE
and their attempt to change the direction of
chiropractic, the CCE has put forth a call for
applicants to serve on their site visitation team. This
team, called the "Academy of Site Team Visitors" by the
CCE, are the doctors who go to the various schools
and determine if the schools meet the CCE standards for
a chiropractic program. 
The
article noted that the increase was fueled by the jump
in prescription drug overdoses. The authors wrote,
"Public health experts have used the comparison
(accident vs. drug deaths) to draw attention to the
nation's growing prescription drug problem, which they
characterize as an epidemic." The data showed that since
the government started tracking drug related deaths in
1979, this was the first time that drug deaths have
outpaced deaths due to automobile accidents.
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