# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1986_S207
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HIGHER EDUCATION 207

PRESENT WORDING

6.53 Modified Service and Retirement

c. A president who has been honorably retired may
elect to serve under the direct jurisdiction of the Board
for Professional Education Services. In such cases the
retired president’s compensation and benefits shall be
a direct responsibility of the Board for Professional Ed-
ucation Services, and his responsibilities and assign-
ments, if any, shall be determined by that board.

d. Former presidents shail continue to hold the rank
of professor if and when they become members of a fac-
ulty or staff of a synodical school or if they opt to serve
directly under the Board for Professional Education Ser-
vices. Former presidents shall also retain the synodical
housing and retirement provisions for professors and
administrators.

PROPOSED WORDING

6.53 Modified Service and Retirement
c. (Delete)

d. Former presidents shall continue to hold the rank
of professor if and when they become a member of a
faculty or staff of a synodical school.

Action: None.

To Revise Nomenclature for Synodical
Faculties

RESOLUTION 6-30A
Overture 6-110 (CW, pp. 332-33)
WHEREAS, The Committee on the Concern for the

PRESENT WORDING

6.21 Members

a. The faculty of each synodical institution shall con-
sist of the president, the administrative officers holding
instructional rank, and the regular instructional staff
members.

b. Special lecturers and substitute teachers shall
hold advisory membership on the faculty.

c. Administrative positions may be created, modified,
abolished, or have functions assigned to them by the
Board of Regents on recommendation by the president
of the institution. Such offices are to be those made nec-
essary by the functions assigned to the institution and
appropriate to its size and internal organization. Ap-
pointments to these offices are to be for renewable
terms. Ordinarily administrative officers are also to
carry a partial teaching load.

d. Administrative appointments shall be made by the
Board of Regents on recommendation by the president
of the institution. The Board for Professional Education
Services shall periodically review the internal admin-
istrative organization of the Synod’s institutions.

6.27 Ranking of Members

a. The Board of Regents shall determine the assign-
ment and rank of members of the faculty and of the
administrative officers.

b. The approved nomenclature for the ranks of fac-
ulty members is: instructor, assistant professor, asso-
ciate professor, professor.

c. The descriptive prefixes “visiting” or “guest” may
be used, when appropriate, with the designation of any
rank. The descriptive suffix “emeritus” may be used,
when appropriate, with the designation for any rank,
by special resolution of the Board of Regents in the case
of each person to be so designated.

Church and Its Workers found some difference among the
colleges and seminaries in their interpretation of Bylaws
6.21 and 6.27 with regard to the nomenclature used; and

WHEREAS, It is wise to clarify the terminology used so
that all colleges and seminaries make a uniform applica-
tion of these Bylaws; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Bylaws be changed as follows:

PROPOSED WORDING

6.21 Members

a. The faculty of each synodical institution shall con-
sist of the president, the full-time faculty (instructors,
assistant professors, associate professors, professors, or
full-time faculty without rank), and part-time or tem-
porary nonvoting members distinguished by an appro-
priate prefix or suffix (visiting, guest, adjunct, emeritus)
or the term graduate assistant.

b. Any part-time or temporary faculty members shall
hold nonvoting membership on the faculty.

c. (No change)

d. (No change)

6.27 Ranking of Members

a. The Board of Regents shall determine the assign-
ment and rank of members of the faculty and admin-
istrative officers.

b. The approved nomenclature for the ranks of the
regular teaching faculty is instructor, assistant profes-
sor, associate professor, and professor.

c. Faculty and staff members whose educational re-
sponsibilities include supporting services may be des-
ignated as “faculty without rank.”