# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S241
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 239

Preparatory Colleges list themselves as accredited with the regional
associations. In addition, the high schools at both River Forest
and Seward are accredited by the North Central Association.
Practically all of the Junior Colleges have working agreements
with their respective State universities. The immediate problem
is to proceed toward regional accreditation for the remaining six
high schools and eight Junior Colleges which are now making
progress toward this status. It is even more necessary to achieve
such status for the college divisions of both Teachers Colleges at
an early date.

With each passing year both Teachers Colleges find their need
for regional (that is, nationally recognized) accreditation of their
college divisions becoming more acute. In addition, if Synod
recognizes the desirability of establishing a Senior College, your
Board is aware of strong indications that the members of Synod
will also wish to have this single Senior College, at which the
majority of its ministeral situdents wll matriculate, fully accredited.
If this hope is to materialize, then the Junior Colleges, which
supply the student body to the Senior College, must first be ac-
credited. Your Board believes that a majority of these Junior
Colleges should be cleared with the regional accrediting agencies
prior to the establishment of a Senior College.

The four areas which are most likely to require improvement
or change are: the library, physical education, staff preparation,
and the accounting system. There is also the matter of an applica-
tion fee in the amount of $400 for a Junior College and $500 for
a Senior College.

It is impossible to state the exact cost of achieving accredita-
tion for all of our schools, because the extent of the adjustments
required is subject to extreme variation. It is safe to say, how-
ever, that the cost is not beyond the capacities of Synod.

Your Board stands ready to supply any necessary information
and to secure the materials relative to the self-evaluations which
must precede accreditation for high schools. The analyses of cur-
rent and potential conditions, the completion of indicated improve-
ments, and the applications for accreditation must, of course, be
performed by the respective schools.

Because of the indicated immediate needs of the Teachers
Colleges and the potential future requirements in connection with
the establishment of a Senior College, your Board makes the fol-

lowing
RECOMMENDATIONS

1. That all Junior Colleges (except Edmonton) be directed
to apply for regional accreditation as soon as they have
achieved conditions which would give reasonable indica-