# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S978
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

280 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Resolved,

Accreditation

Considerable progress can be reported with regard to the
directive given by the Centennial Convention that “all teachers’*
colleges and junior colleges (except Edmonton) be directed to’
apply for regional accreditation as soon as they have achieved con-
ditions which would give reasonable indication and assurance that
they are acceptable to the association involved,” and, further, “that
the Board for Higher Education be directed: to assist the schools
wherever possible.” ao
The Board has now had sufficient experience with the regional’
accrediting agencies and with examiners and other officials of the
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. to
recognize very clearly that accreditation. of Synod’s colleges and
secondary schools will involve no vital changes in the purposes or
programs of our institutions. .

High School Departments

We are indeed happy to be in a position to report that all but
three of the synodical high schools which come under the juris-
diction of regional accrediting agencies are now regionally ac.
credited. The three remaining schools (Fort Wayne, Milwaukee,
and Concordia, Mo.) are accredited with their State universities
and have completed, or are in the process of, self-evaluation, which
is a prerequisite for regional accreditation. It is anticipated that all’
three remaining institutions will make application during the comin,
triennium and that it will be possible to secure the desired status. .

Colleges . L.
Some progress can also be reported on the college level. The é
junior college at Bronxville continues to enjoy regional accredita- °
tion with the Middle States Association, but we regret to report:
that the application of one of our, remaining junior colleges was’.
declined by the North Central Association in 1949,

On the other hand, it is with extreme-joy that we announce -
the achievement of the very important regional accreditation with
the North Central Association by Concordia Teachers College,

River Forest, Ill. At the next convention we hope to have a similar