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TRACS Accreditation Commission
April 2008
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Some of the colleges and universities that
have accepted New Saint Andrews graduates
Stephen F. Austin University (TX)
Boise State University (ID)
University of Dallas (TX)
Duke University (NC)
Edinburgh University (UK)
Erskine Theological Seminary (SC)
Gonzaga University (WA)
University of Hawaii (HI)
University of Idaho (ID)
St. John's College (MD)
University of Kentucky (KY)
Lewis-Clark State College (ID)
Liberty University (VA)
University of Louisiana (LA)
Oxford University (UK)
University of Pretoria (RSA)
Reformed Theological Seminary (FL)
Regent University (VA)
University of Stellenbosch (RSA)
University of Toronto (ON)
Trinity Theological College (UK)
Vanderbilt University (TN)
Westminster Theological Seminary (PA)
Westminster Seminary in California (CA)
Institute of World Politics (DC)
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Accreditation 
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools
New Saint Andrews College is a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) [PO Box 328, Forest, VA 24551; Telephone: 434.525.9539; e-mail: info@tracs.org], having been awarded accredited status as a Category II institution by the TRACS Accreditation Commission on November, 29, 2005. The College was approved as a Category III institution, authorized to offer Associate's, Bachelor's, and Master's degrees by the TRACS Accreditation Commission on April 17, 2007.
The TRACS Accreditation Commission's decision regarding New Saint Andrews College may be seen in the TRACS Accreditation Commission Action Report, November 28-29, 2005 [pdf] and the TRACS Accreditation Commission Action Report, April 17, 2007 [pdf].
The College's accredited status is effective for a period of five years. The College is scheduled for its Reaffirmation I review before the TRACS Accreditation Commission in 2010.
According to the TRACS manual, accreditation indicates that the College substantially meets the TRACS Institutional Eligibility Requirements (IERs), is in substantive compliance with the TRACS Standards and Criteria, has had a peer evaluation after completing a Self-Study, and in the professional judgment of both the on-site evaluation team and the Accreditation Commission provides quality instruction and student services.
TRACS Accreditation Authority & Recognition
 TRACS is recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) as an institutional post-secondary accrediting body.
Memberships
Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education
New Saint Andrews is a member of the Association of Reformed Institutions of Higher Education (ARIHE). ARIHE is an international association with 10 member institutions in the Reformed and Presbyterian Christian tradition. The ARIHE-member institutions are Calvin College (MI), Covenant College (GA), Dordt College (IA) Geneva College (PA), Institute for Christian Studies (ON), King's University College (AB), Providence Christian College (CA), Redeemer University College (ON), Trinity Christian College (IL), and New Saint Andrews College (ID).
Association of Classical and Christian Schools
New Saint Andrews has been a charter member of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS) since 1997. ACCS is a private association of independent secondary and postsecondary classical and Christian schools in the United States (www.accsedu.org).
Church Affiliations
Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches
The College community is closely associated with the Confederation of Reformed and Evangelical Churches (CREC), a worldwide affiliation of more than 75 congregations committed to the orthodox, evangelical Christian faith as summarized in the historic creeds and confessions of the Reformed and Presbyterian tradition. While the College's students come from more than 30 different evangelical and Reformed denominations, the single largest percentage come from the member churches of the CREC.
Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho
Christ Church, Moscow (www.christkirk.com), a member of the Confederation of Reformed Evangelicals, is a reformational church committed to historic confessions of the Protestant Reformation with more than 175 member households and more than 900 in attendance weekly. The Elders of Christ Church founded New Saint Andrews College in 1994. The church is ruled by a session of multiple elders, one of whom serves as a Wycliffe Bible translator in the Ivory Coast, West Africa. The publishing ministries of Christ Church include an internationally circulated bimonthly magazine of Christian thought and opinion, Credenda/Agenda, and Canon Press, the church's book publisher. The church also sponsors Collegiate Reformed Fellowship as its campus ministry to students at the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and New Saint Andrews.
Trinity Reformed Church, Moscow, Idaho
Trinity Reformed Church (www.trinitykirk.com), planted by Christ Church in 2003, became a particularized (self-governing) congregation in 2005. Trinity is a reformational church committed to historic confessions of the Protestant Reformation with more than 85 member households and more than 300 in attendance weekly. Trinity Reformed Church is a member of the Confederation of Reformed Evangelicals and overseen by a session of multiple elders. The church co-sponsors Collegiate Reformed Fellowship as its campus ministry to students at the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and New Saint Andrews.
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