The Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation announced that it had submitted a complaint to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Office of Post Secondary Education of the United States Department of Education in preparation for the upcoming Hearing to consider renewal of recognition by the Council on Chiropractic Education by the USDE.

The complaint outlines six areas of violations involving the USDE recognition criteria including:

1. §602.15(a)(6) Conflicts of interest of board members, commissioners, and evaluation team members.

2. §602.16(a)(1)(i) and §602.16(a)(1)(ii). Curriculum. “The agency’s accreditation standards effectively address the quality of the institution or program in the following areas: (i) Success with respect to student achievement in relation to the institution’s mission, which may include different standards for different institutions or programs, as established by the institution, including, as appropriate, consideration of course completion, State licensing examination, and job placement rates. (ii) Curriculum.

3. §602.16(a)(1)(i) and §602.16(a)(1)(ii). Curriculum. “The agency’s accreditation standards effectively address the quality of the institution or program in the following areas: (i) Success with respect to student achievement in relation to the institution’s mission, which may include different standards for different institutions or programs, as established by the institution, including, as appropriate, consideration of course completion, state licensing examination, and job placement rates. (ii) Curriculum; and §602.21(a) “An agency must maintain a systematic program of review that demonstrates that its standards are adequate to evaluate the quality of the education or training provided by the institutions and programs it accredits and relevant to the educational or training needs of students.”

4. §602.21(b)(4). Review of standards. The agency must ensure that its program of review involves all of the agency’s relevant constituencies in the review and affords them a meaningful opportunity to provide input into the review.

5. §602.23(c)(1) concerning the manner in which it must respond to complaints against itself.

6. §602.23(e) (3) The accrediting agency must provide for the public correction of incorrect or misleading information an accredited or preaccredited institution or program releases about the agency's accrediting or preaccrediting actions with respect to the institution or program.

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