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The Clayton College of Natural Health is a naturopathic college based in Birmingham, Alabama. Founded in 1980 by Lloyd Clayton Jr., N.D., it offers distance-learning courses in Alternative Medicine. It has matriculated over 25,000 students. Today, it continues with an extensive list of classes for natural health.
Clayton College is accredited by the American National Naturopathic Medical Accreditation Board and the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. These organisations are not recognised as accreditation agencies by the U.S. Department of Education. Several states specifically list Clayton as unaccredited, among them Oregon, Texas, Michigan and Maine.
According to its website:
Clayton College is accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and the American Naturopathic Medical Accreditation Board. These are private, professional associations that offer accreditation in naturopathy and other areas of natural health. Both are private accrediting associations designed to meet the needs of non–traditional education and are not affiliated with any government agency.
Because of the lack of government accreditation, degrees issued by Clayton may not be acceptable to some employers or institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions. The organization Quackwatch has criticized the school's curriculum as unscientific while its principle has been in various legal battles with one of the graduates, Hulda Regehr Clark for over six years that continue to date.
Well-known graduates include television nutrition personality Gillian McKeith, naturopath Hulda Regehr Clark, and diet coach Jonny Bowden.
McKeith's credentials from Clayton have been the focus of comment in The Guardian's "Bad Science" column, specifically the institution's refusal to make McKeith's doctoral dissertation available for outside review. In February 2007, McKeith agreed to stop using the title "Dr." in advertising for her company or its products due to the unaccredited nature of her Clayton education.
References
- Course list availabel online
- ANMAB Accredited Member Institutions
- AADP School Listing
- "What is your accreditation?". Clayton College of Natural Health. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
- ^ The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization lists it as an "unaccredited college." "Degree holders are ineligible for Oregon professional practice or licensure."
- ^ The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board lists Clayton under "Fraudulent or Substandard Institutions with No Known Texas Connection" and states: "No accreditation from a CB recognized accreditor."
- ^ Non-Accredited Schools
- ^ The Maine Department of Education lists it as "non-accredited."
- "What is your accreditation?". Clayton College of Natural Health. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
- "State’s diploma mills draw academic ire", by Adam Jones, published February 11 2007. Accessed 14 Feb 2007.
- Bad Science, The Guardian
- Clayton College Graduate Profile of Jonny Bowden. Accessed 14 Feb 2007.
- Gibson, Owen (February 12, 2007). "TV dietician to stop using title Dr in adverts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- Land, John (February 12, 2007). "Gillian McKeith agrees to drop 'Dr' title". 24 Dash. Retrieved 2007-02-12.