| School | 1967 Enrollment |
Full-Time Faculty |
Student/Faculty Ratio |
Dean's Degree* |
| Accredited by ACA: | ||||
| Chiropractic Institute of New York (New York City) |
100 |
10 |
10/1 |
Ph.D. (law) |
| Columbia Institute of Chiropractic (New York City) |
139 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Lincoln Chiropractic College (Indianapolis) | 155 |
16 |
12/1 |
BA |
| Logan College of Chiropractic (St. Louis) | 218 |
9 |
25/1 |
None |
| Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (Glendale, Calif.) |
203 |
17 |
12/1 |
17 |
| National College of Chiropractic (Chicago) | 349 |
18 |
17/1 |
MA |
| Northwestern College of Chiropractic (Minneapolis) | 49 |
5 |
10/1 |
None |
| Texas Chiropractic College (Pasadena, Texas) | 100 |
7 |
14/1 |
BA |
| Western States Chiropractic College (Portland, Ore.) (affiliated with ACA; not accredited) | 24 |
NA |
NA |
BA |
| Accredited by ICA | ||||
| Cleveland Chiropractic College (Los Angeles) | NA |
NA |
NA |
BA |
| Cleveland Chiropractic College (Kansas) | NA |
NA |
NA |
BA |
| Columbia Institute of Chiropractic (accredited by both agencies) |
139 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Palmer College of Chiropractic (Davenport, Iowa) | 936 |
30 |
31/1 |
MA |
| Source: Self-surveys of eight schools, 1965, 1966, 1967, or 1968 *Highest degree other than Ph.C. or D.C. | ||||
The following textbooks are Currently used in one or more of the chiropractic schools accredited by either the International Chiropractors Association or the American Chiropractic Association. Other chiropractic textbooks are in current use in the various schools; however, according to school surveys done by Palmer College and the ACA and the school catalogs, the first 5 books listed below are used most frequently.
Textbook
|
As the principal
|
As a reference textbook | |
1. |
The Neurodynatnics of the Vertebral Subluxation, A.E. Homewood, D.C.,
N.D., 1962 (Submitted by ICA) |
|
Lincoln |
2. |
Chiropractic Principles and Technic, Joseph Janse, D.C., R.H. Bouser,
D.C., and R.F. Wells, D.O., D.C., 1947 |
|
Lincoln |
3. |
The Chiropractors Adjuster or the Science, Art and Philosophy of Chiropractic,
D.D. Palmer, 1910 (Republished 1966 |
|
|
4. |
Chiropractic Principles and Practice, Janse, Houser, Wells |
|
Logan |
5. |
Textbook of Logan Basic Methods, Hugh B. Logan, 1950 (Submitted by ACA) |
|
Lincoln |
6. |
Chiropractic Diagnosis, James N. Firth, D.C., Ph.C., 1948 (Submitted by ACA) |
|
|
7. |
Rational Bacteriology, J.R. Verner, C.W. Weiant, R.J. Watkins, 1953 |
|
Texas (1967-68) |
8. |
The Science and Logic of Chiropractic, J Robinson Verner, 1956 |
|
|
9. |
Anything Can Cuase Anything, W.D. Harper, M.S., D.C., 1964 | Texas |
Northwestern |
10. |
Chiropractic Principles and Practice, Otto C. Reinhart, D.C., 1942 (Submitted by ACA) | Logan |