# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S968
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“d.

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Boards of Control shall so notify instructors six months
prior to expiration of the current appointment and upon
their request file the name of such instructors with the
Board for Higher Education for listing on the Board’s
roster of available instructors, Upon completion of satis-
factory teaching experience as well as adjustment of ‘any
requisite academic, professional, ministerial, or parish
school work, instructors shall be eligible for calls to asso-
ciate professorships or professorships in any of Synod’s
preparatory colleges, teachers’ colleges, or theological semi-
naries. Instructors may be advanced to the rank of assistant
professors by the local Board of Control with the consent
of the Board for Higher Education without a call.
Business managers, assistant librarians, physical education
directors, athletic coaches, or other permanent staff per-
sonnel, not requiring theological training or ministerial
experience may hold the rank of instructor or assistant
professor.

ce. Assistant Professors: This classification shall be related to

the faculty and to the administration of the institution in

a manner identical with the relationship established for

instructors, except in the following matters:

“1. The tenure of an appointment to an assistant professor-
ship shall be four years. .

“2. Separate salary schedules shall apply to assistant pro-
fessors.

“3. If there is no intent to renew the appointment, notice of
the fact shall be conveyed to the personnel involved
no later than one year prior to the date of termination
of the current appointment.

Associate Professors: They shall be nominated, elected, and
called in accordance with the synodical regulations govern-
ing the nomination, the election, and the eligibility of pro-
fessors. The position of associate professor shall involve
permanent tenure, terminable under conditions identical
with those governing the tenure of professors. Associate
professors shall be related to the administration of the insti-
tution in a manner identical with the relationship estab-
lished for professors, except in matters of salary. Associate
professors may be advanced to the rank of professors by
the local Board of Control with the consent of the Board
for Higher Education without a new call.

. Professors: They shall be nominated, elected, and called

primarily from the ranks of associate professors in accord-
ance with the synodical regulations governing nomination,
election, and calling of professors. This position. involves
permanent tenure and increased salary.”

° Handbook Section 6.52 (New)

When the recommendations on faculty ranking were conveyed
to the Centennial Convention, the Board for Higher Education
indicated that the system commonly used at liberal arts colleges
would not be entirely suitable for our theological seminaries.