# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1005
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Resolution 5

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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 221

ad and the entire proposed procedure clarified before
ig taken; therefore be it

Ived, That this matter be referred to the Board for Higher
for re-study and re-wording in connection with the

; giopl administrators.
‘Gince the cost of education continues to rise, and since

het has made no adjustment in its tuition charges to non-pro-
synod 1 students in more than 15 years, your Board again calls

Tuition

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sdention to the need for review of this policy and
Recommends that tuition charges for non-professional students
be fixed at $80 per year for high school students and $120 per year
for college students; and your Board

" Recommends, further, that this adjustment be made effective
for all such students after July 1, 1954.

” B For the past several years the Board for Higher Education
has been compiling data on losses of students at the colleges.. In
this area the Board’s interest centers particularly upon the num-
ber of losses among students who are classified as theological or
teacher-training students.

It is well known that Synod currently follows the policy of
making no tuition charge to students who classify themselves as
trainees for full-time professional service in the Church. Present
arrangements require such students to make,an annual Declaration
of Professional Intent which is signed by the parents, the home
pastor, the college president, and the student. Such declarations are
basic to the decision to waive tuition charges. They are used, also,
in the case of male students, as primary evidence in the classifi-
cation of men for draft purposes.

During the past year a total of approximately 300 students
who were classified as trainees for full-time professional service
in the Church are listed under “Student Losses” in the annual
reports which the Board receives from the colleges and seminaries.
This figure does not include “losses” at the St. Louis Seminary.

The current policy requires the college to assign and to attempt
collection of back tuition from students who discontinue their
studies, unless the students are leaving the institution for reasons
beyond their control. Under this system upwards of 250 students
had tuition waived during the past year (1951—52). The reasons
for withdrawal from school include disciplinary, changed plans,
enlisted, academic failure, dissatisfied, health, unknown. Back
tuition was assessed in 50 cases. The total amount of tuition as-
sessed (not collected) was $12,000.

If it can be assumed that these fifty students are representa-
tive in the length of time they attended the colleges involved, it