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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1969, Page 317

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HIGHER EDUCATION 317

PRESENT WORDING

h. Visiting Professors: A faculty member with tenure at
one synodical institution may be appointed as a visiting
professor on another synodical faculty for renewable terms
of 1 or 2 years without loss of tenure, with the approval of
the Board for Higher Education and the consent of both
Boards of Control.

i. Lay Members on Teaching Staff: In the case of lay
members of congregations affiliated with the Synod who have
served on the faculty of one or more synodical schools for
at least 8 years, the Board of Control may make occasional
exceptions to the policy stated above (6.53 f), on recommen-
dation of the president of the institution, with the prior con-
sent of the Board for Higher Education, and with the con-
currence of the President of the Synod and the president of
the synodical District in which the school is located. The
procedure outlined in 6.54d shall be followed.

j. Criteria for Appointment: From time to time the Board
for Higher Education shall issue general statements of se-
lection criteria and criteria for differentiation in rank, based
on academic, professional. ministerial, or other applicable
qualifications and achievement levels. Appointments or elec-
tions proposed to Boards of Control shall be in accordance
with these criteria.

6.54 Approval of Staff Appointments

a. Initial appointments, without tenure, to the theological
seminaries are subject to the prior consent of their electoral
boards.

b. All other initial appointments, without tenure, to the
teaching staff of a synodical institution for full-time service
are subject to the prior approval of the Board for Higher
Education and the District President of the candidate.

c. Appointments of part-time or of substitute teachers
extending beyond one school year are subject to the prior
consent of the Board for Higher Education.

d. The Board of Control, on recommendation of the presi-
dent of the institution and with the approval of the Board
for Higher Education, may nominate an eligible assistant
professor for tenure. By a procedure satisfactory to the elec-
tors they may grant tenure to the candidate 4 weeks after his
name has been published in the official publications of the
Synod.

6.55 Ranking of Members of Staff

The Board of Control of each institution, with the approval
of the Board for Higher Education, shall determine the work
assignment and rank of members of the faculty and of the
administrative officers according to synodical regulations.
It shall fix their salaries according to the salary schedules
established from time to time by the Board of Directors on
recommendation of the Board for Higher Education.

6.59 Faculty Organizations and Meetings

e. The faculty shall elect a secretary and necessary stand-
ing committees and may provide for special committees.

f{. Standing committees shall study, evaluate, and report
to the faculty on policy matters affecting the academic ac-
tivity of the institution and the life and welfare of its
students.

6.73 Exchanges and Transfers

a. A faculty member with permanent tenure on one syn-
odical campus may be appointed as exchange professor on

PROPOSED WORDING

6.54 Permanent Tenure

a. The Board of Control may grant permanent tenure at
any time to any member of the faculty, regardless of rank,
upon the recommendation of the president and with the prior
consent of the Board for Higher Education and the electors
of the institution (see 6.115).

b. The electors may grant such consent by any appropri-
ate procedure 4 weeks after a notice of the intent to grant
tenure has been published in the official publications of the
Synod.

c. If a faculty member completes 7 years of creditable
service (periods of leave not included) as a member of the
faculty of one or more educational institutions of the Synod
of collegiate or seminary level, at least the last four of which
shall be in the institution he is currently serving, and has
not been granted permanent tenure, he shall be granted
permanent tenure. His 7 years of creditable service shall be
deemed a sufficient satisfaction of all probationary require-
ments.

d. The granting of permanent tenure shall in no case be
construed as requiring or indicating advancement in rank.

6.55 Ranking of Members of Staff

a. The Board of Control shall determine the assignment
and rank of members of the faculty and of the administra-
tive officers.

b. The approved nomenclature for the ranks of faculty
members is: instructor, assistant professor, associate profes-
sor, 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 ap-
propriate, with the designation for any rank, by special reso-
lution of the Board of Control in the case of each person to
be so designated.

d. Persons appointed with the designation “graduate as-
sistant” shall not be voting members of the faculty but may
be granted other faculty privileges and benefits as determined
by the Board of Control.

6.59 Faculty Organizations and Meetings

e. The faculty shall elect a secretary and provide for the
election of committees, consisting of faculty members or of
faculty members and other persons, who shall study, evalu-
ate, and report to the faculty on policy matters affecting the
activity of the institution, the activity and welfare of the
members of the faculty, and the life and welfare of the
students.

f. The faculty shall elect a hearings committee, consisting
of not Jess than three nor more than seven persons, to per-
form when necessary the functions enumerated in Section
6.78.

6.73 Exchanges and Transfers
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