Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
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The Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (AARTS) is a faith-based national accreditation association for Rabbinical and Talmudic schools. It is based in New York, NY and is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
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  and United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...

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In the field of Rabbinical and Talmudic education the association sees itself as both a gatekeeper and a historical authority. They aim to hold traditional thought in a modern world through balance of the old and new.

Operations

AARTS is an independently run, non profit organization, made up of experts in the field of Rabbinical and Talmudic training, which sets educational standards in the field throughout the country. Both undergraduate and graduate programs are evaluated by the association. All of these programs must meet set standards in education, finance and graduate requirements in order to be considered for accreditation.

Compared

Since AARTS meets Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation is a United States organization of degree-granting colleges and universities. It identifies its purpose as providing national advocacy for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation in order to certify the quality of higher education...

  and United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...

 recognition criteria, AARTS standards correspond to those of regional accreditors. AARTS accreditation, however, does not guarantee regional accreditation and vice versa. Contrary to the principles laid out by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation is a United States organization of degree-granting colleges and universities. It identifies its purpose as providing national advocacy for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation in order to certify the quality of higher education...

 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

  • List of recognized accreditation associations of higher learning
  • School accreditation
  • Bachelor of Talmudic Law
    Bachelor of Talmudic Law
    The Bachelor of Talmudic law is a law degree, comprising the study, analysis and application of ancient Biblical sources. The laws derived from these texts comprise the origin of many of today’s judicial systems....

  • Master of Rabbinic Studies
    Master of Rabbinic Studies
    In the academic study of Talmud, Jewish Law, Philosophy, Ethics, Rabbinic literature the Master of Rabbinic Studies is a graduate degree granted by a Yeshiva or Rabbinical School....


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