Printed copies of the Handbook of Accreditation are available free of charge to member institutions from the Commission; the cost to nonmembers is $20 each. Please contact Linda Giehll for more information.

The nine sections of the Handbook of Accreditation are available for download to your computer in PDF format . Adobe Acrobat Reader is required for viewing PDF files. If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, it is available below for download.

Section One

An Introduction to Accreditation by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools

Section Two

Guidelines for Conducting an Institutional Self-Study

Section Three

Guidelines for Institutions Receiving Commission Accreditation Evaluation Committees

Section Four

Guidelines for Members of Accreditation Committees

Section Five

Using the Commission Standards of Accreditation in Institutional Evaluation

Section Six

Guidelines Adopted by the Board of Commissioners

Section Seven

Guidelines for Evaluating Globalization in Commission Schools

Section Eight

Guidelines for Evaluating Theological Learning

Section Nine

Guidelines for Evaluating Library and Information Resources