The Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) announced its 2016 Council election results on Tuesday, November 22. Life University’s Dr. Jana Holwick, dean of the College of Graduate & Undergraduate Studies, was one five elected members overall. She was one of three elected as a program member.
Individual chiropractic programs who comprise the membership of CCE vote on individuals elected as program members. Councilors conduct the business of CCE, including reaffirmation of programmatic accreditation for DCPs.
“I also serve on the Academy of Site Team Visitors and have been as member of the Academy for 11 years,” explains Holwick. “LIFE will now have two individuals serving on the council, myself and Dr. [Tim] Gross, who currently serves as chair of the Site Team Academy and on the Executive Committee of the Council.”
The CCE is the national accrediting Agency for Doctor of Chiropractic Programs within the United States. Accreditation provides assurances of educational quality and institutional integrity to governments, jurisdictional licensing and regulatory bodies, institutions, professional organizations, students, other accrediting agencies and the public at large. CCE maintains recognition by the United States Department of Education as the national accrediting body for Doctor of Chiropractic Programs and chiropractic solitary purpose institutions of higher education.
About Life University
Founded in Marietta, Georgia in 1974, Life University is a health sciences institution most known for its chiropractic program, the largest single campus chiropractic program in the world. Life University is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award baccalaureate, master’s, and Doctor of Chiropractic degrees, and also has programmatic accreditation through the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE), the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) and the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). The mission of Life University is to empower students with the education, skills and values necessary for career success and life fulfillment, based on a vitalistic philosophy.
