Edited sentence: 2007-2008 AOA president Peter Ajluni responded, "there are many socially minded for-profit companies that contribute time, resources, and profits to their communities" and "for-profit institutions like RVUCOM can further the cause of osteopathic medicine in the United States.Critics claimed the AOA's approval of a for-profit school "erodes creditability" of osteopathic medical schools, especially in comparison to their MD counterparts, medical schools accredited by the LCME.Forbes magazine reported that Tien's financial plan for Rocky Vista is to have tuition revenues increase from 2.7 million US$ in 2008 to 25 million in 2012, with a net income of 3 million US$.Like all osteopathic medical schools, RVUCOM is accredited by a board of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).Rocky Vista University's founder and chancellor, Yife Tien, is involved in managing another for-profit medical school, the American University of the Caribbean, located outside the U.School officials insist the for-profit status of the school will not compromise the integrity of its educational mission.The LCME has banned for-profit schools in the United States and Canada.The accreditation of RVUCOM generated controversy before the school held its first class.The school was founded by Tien's father, Paul Tien.Unlike the other 28 DO (osteopathic) and 126 MD medical colleges in the US, RVUCOM is organized as a for-profit corporation.but attended primarily by U