# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S992
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

204 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

Courses in Administration %

During the past triennium a great many advances and changes;
have been made in the procedures involved in the administrati
of our colleges and seminaries.. Many of these adjustments
reflected in the changes which appear in the revised Handboo

This trend has been accelerated by Synod’s directive that e be
the colleges are to seek regional accreditation at the earliest pos
sible time and are to undertake adequate preparation prior
making application for such status. One of the cardinal princip!
involved in seeking accreditation is the establishment of the pres
ident’s office as the administrative center of the college.

It should be noted also that during the decade beginning in
1940, 71% of the presidencies of our various colleges and sem-
inaries will have received new incumbents. These men have had
no opportunity to prepare themselves for such a specialty in o
own synodical schools and have.usually been hard pressed to fin
the necessary time to begin studies in colleges during their parish
ministry or after the assumption of their new duties. At the same
time, if we are to have a reasonable hope of achieving the accred-
itation of our colleges and seminaries and of securing the full bene-
fits of improved administrational techniques, it will be necessary,
for us to supply some opportunity for a direct study of the basic
principles of administration and of practical applications of such
findings for the men who must administer our colleges and se:
inaries. _ ; :
The Board for Higher Education believes that it would be in 3
the interest of our Church to supply an opportunity for all pres- 4
idents of colleges and seminaries to study this high specialty under
the best available men in the field. In the Chicago area, Synod
could, if it desired to do so, use its existing facilities at River
Forest as a base of operations for this purpose. In the same area
there would be available nationally recognized men in the field
of college administration as well as a supply of important admin-
istrators of the North Central Association of Colleges and Sec- ?
ondary Schools. In addition, the most extensive libraries in the 4
field are also available in thé Chicago area. 4

Under these circumstances, the Board for Higher Education 4
recommends
. That authorization be granted to arrange, during one of

. the summers of the next triennium, for special courses in ad-
ministration, with major emphasis on college administration,

and for special lectures on the North Central Association’s
administrative criteria.”

We recommend further
That the presidents of Synod’s 14 colleges and seminaries

be encouraged and urged to participate in such courses if and
when they are made available.