{"id":4099,"date":"2019-06-20T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/?p=4099"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:45:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:45:23","slug":"ips-receives-accreditation-from-ats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/?p=4099","title":{"rendered":"IPS Receives Accreditation from ATS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IPS\nis proud to announce that the Board of Commissioners of the Association of\nTheological Schools granted full accreditation to the Loyola University Chicago\nInstitute of Pastoral Studies on June 10, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nIPS degree programs: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Christian\nSpirituality (Professional MA), Master of Arts in Counseling for Ministry\n(Professional MA), Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling (Professional MA), and\nthe Master of Arts in Social Justice (Professional MA) were also approved, as\nwere our comprehensive online (distance education) programs. Dr. Brian\nSchmisek, Dean of IPS said, \u201cThis accreditation recognizes the quality of the\nIPS programs, the strength of our relationship as an integral academic unit at\nLoyola University Chicago, and the efforts of the entire IPS community. We are\ngrateful for our membership in ATS, and are happy to have had such a positive\nreview.\u201d The next evaluation of IPS is set to take place in the spring of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IPS is proud to announce that the Board of Commissioners of the Association of Theological Schools granted full accreditation to the Loyola University Chicago Institute of Pastoral Studies on June 10, 2019. The IPS degree programs: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Christian Spirituality (Professional MA), Master of Arts in Counseling for Ministry (Professional <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/?p=4099\"> read more <span class=\"meta-nav\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4775,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions\/4775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}