the Council for Higher Education Accreditation: Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (AARTS) Association of Institutions of Jewish Studies (AIJS) Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada (ATS) Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) Since all these accreditors meet United States Department of Education recognition criteria, and most the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as well, their standards correspond to those of regional accreditors. Contrary to the principles laid out by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation in Transfer and the Public Interest: A Statement to the Community, many regionally accredited institutions continue to base transfer credit decisions solely or primarily upon regional accreditation. See also Master of Rabbinic Studies / Master of Talmudic Law Talmudic law References Jewish law Talmudic Law Law degrees Religious degrees Jewish education