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Warrant& Policies | Chicago Theological Seminary Search Enter your search word or phrase below: Search for: requite now The School The Next Your Journey Why CTS Commitments History Thought Leadership Student Life Events Seminary Life Day BlogWarrant& Policies Building Hours Directory Board of Trustees Academics Master of DivinityStratumPrograms CoursesSenseOnline or On Campus Field Education PhD Candidates Library InterReligious Institute Study of Black Faith & Life Book RecommendationsWonkCalendar Registrar’s Office Admissions Application Office of Admissions Admissions Requirements Application Deadlines Student Orientation Costs & Financial Aid International Students Denominational Resources Alumni &PolityJobs CONNECTS Congregational Partnerships Continuing Education Jobs The Next Challenge & Response Alumni Stories Spotlights Press & Media RIOTcon Lectures & AwardsPolityCalendar Shop GivingRequiteNow Office of Advancement Ways toRequitePlanned GivingRequiteNow Search requite now Close Nav Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube Live XWarrant& Policies Accrediting Agencies The Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools The Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada approves the pursuit programs: M.Div., M.A. in Religious Leadership, M.A. (Religious Studies), D.Min. S.T.M.,  Ph.D.  CTS is moreover tried for our ComprehensiveLoftinessEducation Program. 10 Summit Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275 Telephone: 412-788-6505  |  Fax: 412-788-6510   The Higher Learning Commission CTS is moreover accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and the pursuit stratum programs are approved: M.Div., M.A. in Religious Leadership, M.A. (Religious Studies), D.Min., S.T.M.,  Ph.D. The Higher Learning Commission 230 South LaSalle Street Suite 7-500 Chicago, IL 60604 Telephone: 800.621.7440 Website: www.hlcommission.org   Educational Effectiveness and Student Outcome Data In compliance with warrant requirements, Chicago Theological Seminary publishes the data as indicators of the school’s educational effectiveness and outcomes.  Data is taken from surveys of graduating students and alumni/ae as well as information provided by the Registrar’s office. Read the full report here.   Authorization forLoftinessEducation CTS participates in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements NC-SARA, which is a voluntary, regional tideway to state oversight of postsecondary loftiness education.   Campus Safety In compliance with the Clery Act, the 2017 CTS campus safety newsletter and campus treason statistics, years 2014-16, are now available. At Chicago Theological Seminary, your safety is one of our top priorities. Here is information on how to make your on campus wits a unscratched and well-appointed one: Emergency Text Alerts: CTS uses a text zestful system to notify students of campus closings and other emergencies. Students have the option to opt-in for this service. We highly recommend this service to receive alerts quickly. If you do not opt-in, you will receive emergency notifications via your CTS email. Click here to receive emergency texts. Request A Safety Escort: The University of Chicago Police Department provides a Safety Escort Program for members of the University of Chicago community. If you are concerned well-nigh your safety as you walk within the UCPD’s patrol area, undeniability 773.702.8181 and request a safety escort. The first misogynist patrol or security officer will be sent to escort you to your destination. Safety Alerts: The University of Chicago Police moreover provide safety alerts including any issues that may have occurred in our surrounding area.  If you wish to receive these alerts you may sign up here.   Handicap Accessibility CTS works nonflexible to be wieldy to everyone, including those with disabilities. Our parking lot has several wieldy spaces misogynist and our entrances are all at ground level. Every floor in CTS has wieldy restrooms and our larger classrooms have hearing assistance devices misogynist for those who need them. All rooms are wheelchair wieldy and our emergency stairwells all have designated meeting places and phones to communicate with emergency personnel in the event of an emergency. Students who would like to request accommodations and wonk adjustments should contact the Registrar, who can guide them through the process of requesting wonk accommodations.   Veteran Benefits Chicago Theological Seminary works with veterans, members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and their dependents to squire them in taking full wholesomeness of their educational benefits. However, Chicago Theological Seminary does not participate in the Yellow Ribbon program. For information well-nigh accessing your educational benefits as a student at Chicago Theological Seminary, contact the Registrar. Complaint System At some point, you may have an issue with someone or something at CTS, be it harassment from a student, a disagreement with a sense member, or a policy you deem to be discriminatory. We take these issues very seriously. For that reason, we have set up a secure and unpretentious complaint system. We will work quickly and thus to help write your issue, whatever it may be.Unelevatedyou will find: Our Anti-Harassment/Anti-Discrimination Policy with contact information,WonkGrievance Policy andWonkComplaint Form. This confidential form will go theWonkDean, Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder. Lastly, the external links, below, should you wish to take your complaint vastitude the jurisdiction of the school: The Association of Theological Schools  |  The Higher Learning Commission  |  Illinois Board of Higher Education Anti-Harassment/Anti-Discrimination General Policy Statement and Notice of Non-Discrimination and Non-Harassment Chicago Theological Seminary is single-minded to fostering the full humanity of all its members. All forms of favoritism and harassment impugn the full humanity of any human stuff and for this reason are not tolerated in this Seminary. Chicago Theological Seminary does not discriminate, or tolerate favoritism or harassment, versus any member of its polity on the understructure of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by workable federal, state, or local law in matters of employment or admissions or in any speciality of the educational programs or activities it offers. Click here to be taken to the full policy and see members of the Anti-Discrimination/Anti-Harassment Task Force. In furtherance of Chicago Theological Seminary’s transferral to the principles of equality and equal opportunity for students, staff, and faculty, we have established a policy and associated procedures in order to provide a ways to write complaints of favoritism or harassment based on the protected categories (described therein). The policy has been written with the express goal of protecting the rights and concerns of both complainant and respondent. The Seminary will make every effort to reassure and protect these rights, and shall undertake no whoopee that threatens or compromises them. The well-constructed policy, detailing prohibited acts (discrimination, harassment, and sexual harassment), defining “consensual relationships,” and setting along procedures for addressing favoritism and harassment (including reporting, inquiry, potential resolutions and appeals) is published in the Student Handbook and updated annually. CTS appoints a Title IX Coordinator and Title IX Deputy Coordinator who are responsible for implementing and monitoring Title IX compliance on behalf of the Seminary. In addition, CTS has ripened an Anti-Discrimination/Anti-Harassment TaskGravitycomprised of faculty, staff, and students to adjudicate formal charges (by visit to the Investigation Team) and to develop an educational program for the polity virtually these issues in conjunction with the Title IX Coordinators. Current members of the Anti-Discrimination/Anti-Harassment Task Force are listed below.  You may contact members of the task gravity by clicking on their name: Lisa Zook (Title IX Coordinator), Project Director, InterReligious Institute Michele Carr (Title IX Deputy Coordinator), Controller Seung-Ai Yang, Associate Professor of New Testament Jason Frey, Director of Recruitment & Admission Elena Jimenez, Registrar Kwame Pitts, Student Representative Marsha Thrall, Student RepresentativeWonkGrievance The pursuit process is modeled on and incorporates some material from, Grievance Procedures ripened by Luther Seminary. These procedures for wonk grievance are intended to ensure pearly treatment of students in regard to educational or related concerns. A starting theorizing for the use of these procedures is that sense members have ultimate responsibility for the evaluation of student progress and the assigning of grades in their courses. A student’s unhappiness with a grade normally does not rise to the level of wonk grievance, though disagreements well-nigh grades may be involved in an wonk grievance under unrenowned circumstances. Complaints regarding favoritism or harassment are handled under the Seminary’s Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment policies. Complaints well-nigh the fitness of a sense member are handled underSenseDiscipline procedures. First Level: In a matter where there is disagreement between a student and a member of the faculty, or between a member of the sense and other members of the Seminary community, the parties involved with one flipside should first speak with one another, clarifying the nature of the problem, the issues involved, and possible responses or solutions to the conflict, with the goal of coming to a mutually well-set upon resolution of the matter among themselves without spare participation from other members of the community. Second Level: If a mismatch is of a nature or intensity that the procedure outlined in the First Level is not unobjectionable or appropriate, any of the parties involved may request that theWonkDean join them in a conversation where the pursuit process will be followed: The persons involved in the mismatch will struggle to state the nature of the mismatch and describe their understanding of what is at stake in the disagreement. Each party will moreover describe their involvement thus far in the situation. The persons involved will then have the opportunity to suggest ways in which they believe the mismatch might be resolved. With the third-party involvement of theWonkDean, the persons involved will work in a collaborative effort to explore and then segregate a satisfactory response and resolution to the conflict. Such collaboration may involve a single meeting or several meetings. If theWonkDean is one of the subjects of a conflict, the President will fill the role ofWonkDean described above. TheWonkDean may make a written recommendation to the parties at the conclusion of this process. Third Level: In a dispute where a resolution satisfactory to both parties is not achieved at the first or second level within 30 days, theWonkDean will meet then with both parties as well as a senior sense member (holding the rank of Full Professor), with each party involved in the mismatch having the opportunity to describe: The nature of the problem as s/he perceives it; the intellectual, theological, communal, personal, or emotional issues involved; and the significance of the issues and what is at stake for each person involved. Either the student or the sense member may segregate to bring to this meeting a supportive student or sense colleague. In cases where theWonkDean is one of the subjects of a conflict, the President will fill the role ofWonkDean described above. At such time, in a spirit of collaboration, each person in this group will suggest various responses and resolutions to this conflict. Where such collaboration is not possible considering of the dimensions or intensity of the conflict, theWonkDean and the senior sense member will determine what measures will be taken in an effort to resolve the dispute. At this stage, possible remedies range from remoter mediation (informal or formal) to referrals to the policy on Student Non-Academic Discipline (described in the Student Handbook) or the policy onSenseDiscipline Procedures for Appointed Faculty.   Fill out my online form.     Student HandbookSparepolicies can be found in the Student Handbook.   Privacy Policy The GDPR is the General Data Protection Regulation well-expressed citizens of the European Union only. At CTS, we believe strongly in protecting the data of our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and donors; and as such are working on rhadamanthine compliant with this regulation. Read our full Privacy Policy here. 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