Chiropractic medicine is a very attractive healthcare field, with immediate rewards for helping struggling patients restore nervous system function. Compared to other medical careers, chiropractors can enjoy rewarding income without having to deal with drugs and surgeries and instead with great patient relationships. You also made a good choice to pursue chiropractic medicine at Cleveland University-Kansas City. CUKC's accelerated doctor of chiropractic doctoral program and concurrent DC/BS program can make the school especially attractive. Its 100-year history, high NBCE licensing exam pass rates, and beautiful Overland Park location add to its conduciveness and value.
Common Chiropractic Student Issues
Chiropractic students, though, can face school issues, just like students in other medical and professional programs. Professionalism issues and failure to progress, both addressed below, are a chiropractic student's most common issues. Chiropractic students less often face academic misconduct, behavioral misconduct, or Title IX sexual harassment charges, although those issues are also possible. Severe consequences can follow, including everything from reprimands and remedial training to school suspension and even expulsion. Programs sometimes even revoke a previously awarded degree when discovering misconduct. If you face Cleveland University K.C. issues, learn everything you can about those issues, and get the attorney advisor representation you need for your best outcome.
CUKC Professionalism Issues
Cleveland University-Kansas City's chiropractic program instructors will require you to conform to the program's professionalism standards. The chiropractic program's Student Handbook warns, “All students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner on all occasions, displaying respect and consideration for fellow students, faculty members, staff and administrators, patients and the public.” CUKC clinical instructors will also expect you to conform to national professionalism standards like the American Chiropractic Association's Code of Ethics. Examples of professionalism issues include conflict with peers or support staff, insubordination or disrespect toward supervisors, neglect or abuse of patients, chronic tardiness or absences, and inadequate clinical knowledge or substandard skills, risking patient injury. Related conduct issues can include alcohol or drug abuse, other incapacities to perform, weapons possession, criminal conviction, or even domestic violence allegations and restraining orders. CUKC may treat any action or condition that endangers patients, peers, or staff or disrupts school operations or the learning environment as a professionalism issue.
CUKC Professionalism Issue Consequences
The chiropractic program's Student Handbook expressly warns that students who violate professionalism standards “are subject to disciplinary action as appropriate,” including “termination, expulsion, and other legal actions.” Other sanctions can include reprimands and repeated coursework or clinical work, which can compound progression and other issues. Discipline of any kind can harm reputation leading to loss of references, recommendation letters, and job opportunities. Expulsion can lead to lost housing, medical care, transportation, and relationships, and accelerated student loans. Professionalism issues put everything on the line.
What to Do About Professionalism Issues
Promptly retain national education attorney advisor Lento if you face CUKC professionalism issues threatening your enrollment. CUKC pursues disciplinary action through a grievance system. Your retained attorney advisor can help you invoke that system's protective procedures while communicating and negotiating effectively with disciplinary and other school officials. Do not admit responsibility and suffer crippling sanctions like remediation, suspension, or expulsion. Get the special representation you need for your best outcome.
CUKC Academic Progression Issues
Cleveland University-Kansas City, like other schools receiving federal funding, must require students to meet its satisfactory academic progress (SAP) standards. CUKC's SAP policy requires that you maintain at least a 2.00-grade point average, complete at least two-thirds of the credits you attempt, and complete the doctor of chiropractic program within fifteen trimesters. You must also meet CUKC's National Board Of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) benchmarks. Many issues can contribute to problems meeting these school and national academic standards. Academic progression issues can involve excessive course incompletes and withdrawals, and multiple terms off, because of illness, injury, dependent care, military call-up, and other life events and interruptions. Progression issues can also arise out of multiple low or failing grades because of student adjustment issues, school failure to accommodate disabilities, unfair or mistaken assessment, and personal issues like divorce, financial issues, and illness.
CUKC Progression Issue Consequences
Make no mistake: academic progression issues can lead to loss of financial aid, threatening your ability to finance your further education. CUKC's SAP policy provides for the financial aid office to warn students that they have one term to bring their academic records back into compliance. The office will then declare the student ineligible for financial aid if they do not bring their academic record back into SAP compliance. Although you may generally repeat NBCE exams, failure to meet NBCE benchmarks can ultimately prevent you from pursuing licensure.
What to Do About Progression Issues
Hope is not lost if you face SAP financial aid ineligibility. CUKC's SAP policy permits you to appeal your loss of financial aid if you can show “extenuating or special circumstances.” Your appeal must both detail and document those circumstances, show why those circumstances caused your academic progression issue, show that you have resolved those circumstances, and articulate an achievable remediation plan. SAP appeals are not easy or automatic. Don't assume that your brief letter explanation will do. Instead, retain attorney advisor Lento and the Lento Law Firm Team to detail and document your special circumstances and help you prepare and present an achievable remediation plan.
Retain Premier Attorney Advisor Services
Get the special academic administrative attorney advisor representation you need if professionalism, academic progression, or other issues threaten your enrollment as a chiropractic student at Cleveland University-Kansas City. Premier national education attorney advisor Joseph D. Lento and the Lento Law Firm Student Defense Team are available for your skilled, experienced, and effective defense representation at Cleveland University. Attorney advisor Lento has helped hundreds of chiropractic, medical, dental, nursing, and other students nationwide to successfully overcome school issues to complete their degree program. Call 888.535.3686 or go online now to retain the best available attorney advisor.
