Company Profile
Parker University
Company Overview
Parker University is a regionally accredited private university that offers certificate, undergraduate, and graduate degree programs in healthcare and business-related fields through multiple delivery formats and learning environments. The university espouses a culture of lifelong learning, research, and service.
Parker University provides its diverse population with support services and learning opportunities to develop the necessary skills for successful employment and career advancement.
We're proud of our position within the vibrant health care market with as a patient-centric collaborative and conservative healthcare education provider. With 35 private practice partnerships and integrated clinical curriculum with the Veterans Affairs Hospital, we firmly advocate the importance of serving the community and advancing our practice of evidence-based teachings. Our research institute works to bring our findings and advancements to the mainstream through international recognition and collaboration. We move health care forward through community and a firm foundation in science.
Company History
Parker University (formerly Parker College of Chiropractic) is named for its late founder, Dr. James William Parker. For five decades, Dr. Parker’s passion, skills, and love were directed completely toward chiropractic – from the day he began recuperating from childhood illnesses through chiropractic adjustments until his death in 1997. While still a senior in chiropractic college, Dr. Parker opened two successful practices in Illinois and published a book on chiropractic. After graduating from chiropractic college in 1946, he moved to Fort Worth, TX, and developed one of the fastest-growing chiropractic practices in the history of the profession. In 18 months, he established 18 clinics, one in almost every major city in Texas. From his experience operating these offices, Dr. Parker improved chiropractic care and developed methods for establishing and maintaining successful chiropractic practices. Under Dr. Parker’s direction, a foundation was created in 1951 to conduct postgraduate chiropractic seminars. Since its inception, the seminars evolved into PSPS (Parker School of Professional Success), which is known today as Parker Seminars. Nearly 40,000 chiropractors, or approximately two-thirds of the world’s doctors of chiropractic, have attended these seminars.
In the late 1970s, at the urging of his colleagues, Dr. Jim Parker helped establish and fund Parker College of Chiropractic and consented to lend his name to the school. These colleagues felt students could benefit from Dr. Parker’s unique success, his healing techniques, his philosophy, and his business training, which was not included in traditional chiropractic curriculum. This approach quickly emerged as the foundation for Parker College and still serves as the basis today. These doctors believed that if students were exposed to his principles and teachings during their years of training, they would become more successful healers and practitioners after graduation.
Parker College was chartered by the State of Texas on March 8, 1978 and received its non-profit IRS status in October 1978. The original campus, located in Irving, TX, a suburb of Dallas, officially opened on September 12, 1982, Dr. Parker’s 62nd birthday. The first class of 27 students graduated in September 1985. After the opening of the Irving campus, enrollment increased dramatically and the college moved to the larger Dallas campus in September 1989. The new campus featured the latest in education resources, including amphitheater classroom seating, full video display, and podcasting technology, advanced laboratories, and a 30,000 square foot outpatient wellness clinic where student interns could perfect the art of chiropractic under the watchful eyes of the best doctors in the profession. In September 1993, enrollment had reached 1,000 students, making it the third largest chiropractic college in the world. The original Irving campus was converted into a 6,000 square foot chiropractic wellness center where patients continue to receive chiropractic care today.
In April 2011, Parker College of Chiropractic officially became Parker University, paving the way for new health care degree programs that expand our students’ scope of knowledge and provide additional opportunities for Parker graduates to serve more people around the world. Today, Parker University offers over 35 degrees focused on conservative healtcare.
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Benefits
Parker University recognizes the importance of maintaining a comprehensive benefits program for our employees. We offer a generous and full range of group employee benefits, from education opportunities to health insurance, to all eligible employees. Parker’s comprehensive benefits program includes a choice between two medical plan options, both with prescription coverage.
Additionally, Parker offers dental, life and AD&D, vision, flexible spending account, voluntary benefits for sickness and cancer indemnity plans, short term and long term disability, and a 403(b) DC retirement plan. Parker offers group health insurance to all regular full-time employees. The plan is designed as a cost-sharing plan between the employee and the university. Parker utilizes a self-insured program that uses the United Healthcare (UHC) Options PPO network of providers. Prescription and chiropractic benefits are included in this plan. In addition to health benefits, regularly appointed full-time faculty or staff members may qualify for tuition remission as long as you meet certain eligibility requirements.
Additional Parker University benefits include:
- Holidays: Parker provides 10 designated paid holidays each year.
- Paid Time Off: Both full-time and part-time employees earn a generous amount of vacation, sick time, and personal days.
- Educational Assistance: After one year of full-time continuous employment, employees are eligible to receive reimbursement for tuition if the course is job-related, pre-approved, and funding is available.
- Standard Process Student Activity Center (gym): Employees are encouraged to use the gym at no cost to the employee to maintain physical fitness and endurance. The gym includes a weight room, gym aerobics, recreation center, and other extra-curricular activities.
- Employee Assistance Program:
---Limited personal counseling
---Financial tools and resources
---Legal information and consultations
---Work-life needs information and resources
---Will creation and guidance
Clinic Chiropractic Care:Free chiropractic care is available at the Parker Chiropractic Wellness Clinics to all employees and their immediate family members (see “family member” definition)
Special Discounts: Employees receive a 50% discount on nutraceuticals and pharmacy grade vitamins at the Parker Bookstore.
All programs are defined in legal documents, including insurance contracts, official plan texts, and trust agreements that the plan documents will govern. For specific questions on coverage, these official documents and plan details are readily available in the Parker University Human Resources department. All full-time regular employees are eligible to enroll on the first day of the month after 60 days of employment, except where otherwise stated.