# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S259 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) HIGHER EDUCATION 257 addition to our present library. Other needs include a fine arts facility and additional physical education facilities. Service to Synod Placement of Teachers Year Type Men Wemen Total 1970—1971 Elementary 132 203 335 Secondary 27 5 32 DCE 5 1 6 Worker ‘Priest 7 0 7 1971—1972 Elementary 125 194 319 Secondary 22 9 31 DCE i) 0 9 Worker’ Priest 3 1 4 Other Our school and its faculty provide many other services to the Synod, including service on boards, presentation of essays, provision of scholarly skills, and the dissemination of three major periodicals, Issues, the Broadcaster. and the Alumni Bulletin to a large part of our constituency. Conclusion Thanking God for His mercies this report is presented to the church for information, edification, and hopefully to stimulate continued and growing support. BoarD OF CONTROL Frederick Niedner, Chairman Elmer Luessenhop, Secretary W. Th. Janzow, Executive Officer 6-07 Concordia Teachers College River Forest, I. Concordia has concluded an eventful biennium. Dr. Martin L. Koehneke, sixth president of Concordia, resigned only a few months before the dedication of the building named after him, the Koehneke Community Center. Dr. Carl F. Halter was named acting president effective June 13, 1972. This report is submitted by the Board of Control in account of these past 2 years. PURPOSE Concordia exists, as it always has. to train educators for service in the Evangelical Lutheran church. Since Lutheran teaching ministers increasingly are being asked to provide a greater variety of services, the college has expanded its program to enable its graduates to meet a variety of needs. ACADEMIC PROGRAM Undergraduate Program All Concordia graduates are required to meet state re- quirements for elementary school teaching. The under- graduate curriculum includes programs in elementary edu- cation, secondary education, director of Christian education and director of church music. A new undergraduate cur- riculum was instituted in the fall of 1972. Concordia has also begun to offer on campus the first year of the program for nursing students from Lutheran General and Deaconess Hospitals, Park Ridge, Ill. Three major reviewing agencies, the Board for Higher Fducation of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Fducation, visited the school. All had kind words about the college: the North Central Association extended accredi- tation to the various programs of the school. The report from NCATE will become available this summer. Graduate Program Concordia granted the first Master of Church Music de- grees in the summer of 1972. This program received pre- liminary accreditation by the North Central Association following its visit to the Concordia campus in the spring of 1972. The following program options are now available: Master of Arts in Education with a curriculum or adminis- tration emphasis: the Master of Church Music: and in affili- ation with Concordia Seminary. St. Louis, the Master of Arts in Religion. Admission into the MAR Program and the granting of the degree are under the jurisdiction of Concor- dia Seminary. Since the college first awarded graduate de- grees in 1959. a total of 459 Master of Arts in Education de- grees have been awarded as of September 1972. Approxi- mately 450 are currently enrolled in the graduate program. Summer School Concordia’s summer school program has seen significant growth in the number of students who come from the com- munity to enrich their education. In addition, the summer school program attracts large numbers of regular students and teachers in the field. Besides the two basic 5-week terms, several short term and evening courses have been instituted. Noncredit seminars are also being offered in the summer and throughout the year for pastors and teachers. Center for Continuing Education Through this division the college offers a number of ser- vices to publics bevond its own student body. Of primary importance in the Center are the Correspondence and Ex- tension Divisions. The enrollments in the Correspondence Division during the past biennium were as follows: 1970—1971: 1.407 students 19711972: 842 students * *Decline occurred because student teaching correspondence course is no longer required. Extension Division enrollments have again increased over the previous 2 years. The figures are as follows: 1968—1970: 1,390 students 1970—1972: 2,184 students The Extension Division sponsored the following activities during the past 2 years: a. Extension courses for Lutheran elementary teachers were again offered during the summer of 1971 at Alabama Lutheran Academy and College in Selma. b. A number of courses in education were sponsored for elementary teachers in the Michigan District during the 1970—1971 school year. Among the institutes and non-credit offerings from the Center of Continuing Education over the past years. the following are notable: Art Workshop; Drama Institute: Spanish Intensification Program: Mathematics Workshop: National Conference on Funding Christian Edu- cation: Dyslexia Institute: Social Science Institute; and Lec- tures in Church Music. Special Programs Consortia The college has continued its involvement in two con- sortia, the Associated College in the Chicago Area and the Chicago Consortium. Arrangements have been made with Rosary College so that our students may study at this col- lege at no extra cost. The arrangement is reciprocal. Young Talent in the Church In the past vears the college has sponsored two programs, STEP ONE and SEARCH. for high school students talented in the areas of music and science. In the summer of 1973, these programs are being maintained. Three new programs have been added. SOMMERSCHULE is being offered for high school students who show interest and ability in the German language. EXCEL tries to cultivate the talent of young men and women interested in physical education and to teach them how to use their talents in the service of the parish. The YOUNG ARTISTS program is teaching talented high school artists the basic elements of design and artistic expression through a number of different media. Diaconate The Diaconate Program of the college is now in its fourth year. The program, designed to give professional training to deacons within the Missouri Synod, is under the direction of Dr. William H. Griffen of Concordia’s faculty.