Phillips Theological Seminary is in the midst of an institutional self-study, a preparatory period of approximately eighteen months leading up to a comprehensive visit by the seminary’s peer accrediting associations, March 30-April 2, 2009.

PTS is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools  and by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Both accrediting associations conduct a joint comprehensive evaluation visit at the seminary every ten years. The self-study addresses the standards of each association to demonstrate that PTS is offering the education we claim to offer and that we meet peer-approved standards. The outcome of our work is a document of over 200 single-spaced pages that will be read by the visiting teams in advance of the visit and will provide the basis for conversations and questions during the visit. At the conclusion of the visit, the joint team will notify PTS regarding the recommendations it will make to the accrediting commission of each association.

The Higher Learning Commission invites public comment regarding the seminary. Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of PTS or its academic programs. Comments must be in writing and signed or submitted through the official form on the Commission’s website by March 9, 2009. Comments should include the name, address, and telephone number of the person responding.

Comments will not be treated as confidential.

Please submit to: Public Comment on Phillips Theological Seminary The Higher Learning Commission 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60602 or online by going to the Commission’s website and following the link in the menu on the left hand side of the home page.