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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1981, Page 79

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standards as are required in the interest of effective
educational procedures and are in harmony with the
Synod’s objectives of professional training and
commensurate with the purposes and capacities of
the individual institutions:

d. study the curricula in operation at each of the
educational institutions of the Synod to determine
whether these are adequate to carry out the synodi-
cally prescribed purposes of the school; assure itself
that the policies and standards pursued at the insti-
tution arein harmony with the synodically prescribed
purposes of the school; direct the institution to take
appropriate corrective measures where changes and
improvements are necessary to bring the school into
harmony with synodically prescribed objectives;

e. study and survey, or cause to be studied and
surveyed, with the necessary professional assistance,
the trends and the philosophy of modern education;
determine the relation and the implications thereof to
the Synod’s educational standards, policies, and
objectives; make the results and conclusions of such
studies and surveys available to the faculties of the
Synod’s educational institutions and to the Synod
generally;

f. provide for visits to the institutions and require
stated reports from the boards of control, the presi-
dents, and the faculties;

g. assess its need for professional staff, prescribe
duties and functions to each position, determine the
qualifications necessary to fill the respective offices,
and, with the approval of the President of the Synod
engage the necessary personnel;

h. engage such additional clerical and profes-
sional help as may be necessary;

i. gather, prepare, and maintain records and de-
tails of scholastic attainments, academic qualifica-
tions, and relevant data concerning persons qualified
to teach at the educational institutions of the Synod.
The board shall make available all these records and
data to the Boards of Control of the Synod’s educa-
tional institutions and to persons who are authorized
to participate in calling or otherwise engaging per-
sonnel for the teaching staffs of these educational
institutions;

j. be responsible to the Board of Directors for
matters relating to planning, locating, and construct-
ing educational facilities as well as for general super-
vision of maintenance and repair of the Synod’s
educational properties and for discharge by each
Board of Control of its responsibilities in construct-
ing or maintaining the physical properties of its
institutions, except that the Board of Directors is
directly responsible for all legal aspects of such
operations;

k. convey its recommendations to the Board of
Directors in all matters relating to purchase, lease,
rental, or construction of any buildings of the Synod’s
colleges or seminaries;

l. make recommendations to the Board of Di-
rectors as to the order in which specific educational
projects for which the Synod has made appropriations
shall be carred out;

m. gather and make available application forms,
statistical data, and other pertinent material relative
to the Student Aid Programs of the Districts, and
encourage and assist the Districts in obtaining uni-
formity in the policies and practical administration
of these programs;

n. develop plans and procedures for Synodwide
recruitment and enlistment of students for the pas-
toral and teaching ministries and other approved
synodical training programs;

o. provide professional guidance in cooperation
with the synodical Board of Parish Education to area
Lutheran high school associations and to community

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b. establish educational and administrative stan-
dards, policies, and procedures for the coordination of
the Synod’s colleges and seminaries;

c. evaluate the curriculum of each educational
institution and prescribe appropriate measures;

d. survey current trends in education, including
government programs and regulations, and deter-
mine their implications for the Synod;

e. provide for visits to the institutions;

f. require reports from Boards of Regents and
presidents;

g. gather information regarding scholastic attain-
ments and other relevant data concerning individuals
and make such data available to Boards of Regents
and persons authorized to participate in engaging
teaching personnel;

h. acquire, maintain, and sell property under
policies established by the Board of Directors and in
consultation with the respective Board of Regents;

i. determine the order in which specific education
projects for which the Synod has made appropriations
shall be carried out;

j. assist congregations and Districts in student
recruitment and student-aid programs;