# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S998
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800 SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES

ACTION
Upon recommendation of Committee 1, Synod resolved:

Resolution 14 i

Wuereas, Traditionally the term “tuition” has not been used

in our educational institutions to designate the charges which they’
make to students; and
Wuereas, The term is used by American colleges and univer-.
sities to indicate, in a rather loose fashion, the general fees which
are collected from students and which are not specified for some
particular service or student activity; and
Wuereas, It would be in the interest of our work to specifically
convey authority to use the term “tuition” in the college catalogs
in order to describe the charges which are now listed as “educa-
‘tional fees” and through the use of other terms which are ne
common in American educational practice; therefore be it

Resolved, That Synod officially approve the use of the tertht
“tuition” in the college catalogs in order to describe the charg
which are made to all students to cover the various costs whic)
must be borne locally by the colleges and seminaries; and be it
further

Resolved, That, at the discretion of the institution involved,
such listings may or may not include the synodical tuition which
‘is charged to “general education students” and remitted to Synod's
Fiscal Office.

Student Fees

During the past triennium there have been a great many sug-
gestions proposing that a larger share of the cost of operating the
colleges and seminaries of the Church be shifted to the students’
of the institution. Accordingly, the Board undertook a formal, on-
the-scene survey of the possibility of setting aside some specified
fees for particular synodical purposes in order that the subsidies :
which Synod must pay might be reduced. After careful studies
of the local situation it became apparent that a very large propor~
tion of the students in our institutions would be farced to discon-
tinue their studies if any appreciable increase in the charges which
they were required to pay would occur. It was felt, however, that
some modest increases might be tolerated and that, in severe cases,
scholarships or special grants might be made available through
existing channels to absorb the increases.

All of the college presidents co-operated with the Board by
directing that studies be made at their institutions. A particularly
exhaustive survey which was made at our River Forest insti-
tution will illustrate the situation. It was found in this study