# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S193
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 193

appointment and upon their request file the name of such instruc-
tors with the Board for Higher Education for listing on the Board’s
roster of available instructors. Upon completion of satisfactory
teaching experience as well as adjustment of any requisite aca-
demic, professional, ministerial, or parish school work, instructors
shall be eligible for calls to associate professorships or professor-
ships in any of Synod’s preparatory colleges, teachers colleges, or
theological seminaries. Instructors may be advanced to the rank
of assistant professors by the local Board of Control with the
consent of the Board for Higher Education without a call. Business
managers, assistant librarians, physical education directors, athletic
coaches, or other permanent staff personnel not requiring theo-
logical training or ministerial experience, may hold the rank of
instructor or assistant professor. Such personnel is eligible for
a call to higher faculty rank if the qualifications for such a position
have been met.

c. Assistant Professors: This classification shall be related to
the faculty and to the administration of the institution in a manner
identical with the relationship established for instructors, except
in the following matters:

1. The tenure of an appointment to an assistant professorship
shall be four years.

2. Separate salary schedules shall apply to assistant professors.

3. If there is no intent to renew the appointment, notice of
the fact shall be conveyed to the personnel involved no later than
one year prior to the date of termination of the current appoint-
ment.

d. Associate Professors: They. shall be nominated, elected,
and called in accordance with the synodical regulations governing
the nomination, the election, and the eligibility of professors. The
position of associate professor shall involve permanent tenure,
terminable under conditions identical with those governing the
tenure of professors. Associate professors shall be related to the
administration of the institution in a manner identical with the
relationship established for professors, except in matters of salary.
Associate professors may be advanced to the rank of professors
by the local Board of Control with the consent of the Board for
Higher Education without extending a new call.

e. Professors: They shall be nominated, elected, and called
primarily from the ranks of associate professors in accordance
with the synodical regulations governing nomination, election, and
calling of professors. This position involves permanent tenure and
increased salary.