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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 2019, Page 461

Scan: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
education administration, administration of complex organizations,
finance, law, investments, technology, human resources, facilities
management, or fund development. The Chief Administrative
Officer of the Synod (or a designee) and the Secretary of the Synod
(or a designee) shall review and verify that nominees are qualified
to serve as stated above.
3.6.6.45
The presidents and interim presidents of the Synod’s
educational
institutions
shall
comprise
an
advisory
councilConcordia University System’s Advisory Council, which
shall meet at the call of the Board of Directors of Concordia
University System and report the results of its studies to the board
for consideration in making its decisions.
(a) be responsible for developing, executing, and assessing the
long-term strategic direction and plan for Concordia University
System, which focuses the mission of the institutions within the
broad assignment of the Synod and in consultation with the
Concordia University System Board of Directors (“the board”);
(b) assist the board in defining standards of viability, integrity,
and theological fidelity of the curricula (Bylaw 3.6.6.4 [d]) and
in the development of policies and procedures as described in
Bylaws 3.6.6.4 (a) and 3.6.6.6;
(c) coordinate collaborative development, by their respective
institutions, of policies required by Bylaw 3.6.6.7;
(d) serve as a pool of experts to assist, upon the board’s request,
in evaluating institutional viability and fidelity, and regarding the
consolidation, relocation, separation, divestiture, or closure of a
college or university;
(e) contribute to the board’s development of search criteria in the
selection process for a President of Concordia University System;
(f) upon the board’s request, contribute to campus transition
reviews and recommendation of search criteria in the selection
for a college/university president;
(g) together with districts, congregations, local boards of
regents, and national efforts, assist congregations and districts in
student recruitment for both professional church work and lay
higher education; and
(h) serve as a resource for the development of lists of potential
teachers and administrative personnel.
3.6.6.54
In keeping with the objectives and the Constitution,
Bylaws, and resolutions of the Synod, the Board of Directors of
Concordia University System shall
(a) adopt, in consultation with the Advisory Council,
coordinating policies, the system-wide strategic plan, and
procedures for cooperative roles and responsibilities of the
colleges and universities after consulting with or receiving
recommendations from the colleges or universities of the Synod;
(b) together with boards of regents and the Board of Directors of
the Synod, coordinate institutional planning and approve capital
projects in relation to campus property-management agreements
and changes to institutional master plans of the colleges and
universities, upon recommendations of the boards of regents;
(c) review and approve new programs and manage peer review
of programs in the interest of the institution(s) and the Synod;
(d) adopt criteria and standards for determining institutional
viability, integrity, and curricular fidelity of the colleges and
universities, subject to approval by the Board of Directors of the
Synod, and monitor compliance with these standards and criteria;
(e) together with districts, congregations, local boards of regents,
and national efforts, assist congregations and districts in student
recruitment for both professional church work and lay higher
education;
(f) serve as a resource for the development of lists of potential
teaching and administrative personnel;

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(g) assist the President of the Synod in monitoring and
promoting the ongoing faithfulness of Concordia University
System colleges and universities to Article II of the Constitution
of the Synod; and
(h) have authority, after receiving the consent of the Board of
Directors of the Synod by its two-thirds vote and also the consent
of either the appropriate board of regents by its two-thirds vote,
the Council of Presidents by its two-thirds vote, or the appropriate
board of regentsConcordia University System Board of Directors
by its two-thirds vote, to consolidate, relocate, separate, or divest
a college or university.
3.6.6.6
The Board of Directors of Concordia University System
shall, after consulting with the colleges and universities of the
Synodin consultation with the Advisory Council, adopt policies to
assist and ensure that the boards of regents and campus
administrators are:
(a) actively working to preserve their Lutheran identity by
supporting the objectives of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod (Constitution Art. III) and complying with an emphasis on
mission-focused leadership in service to church and community;
(b) delivering academic and student programs designed to give
students Christ-centered values and tools that equip them for
vocations within the church and world;
(c) preparing graduates for service as ministers of
religion―commissioned and for continued study for service as
ministers of religion—ordained for the Synod;
(d) implementing accepted higher education standards,
including policies that ensure fiscal and institutional viability:
• achieving positive annual financial results
• acquiring quality administrators, faculty, and staff
• meeting fiscal and academic benchmarks
• building endowments and managing investment assets for
the long-term benefit of the institutions
• acquiring and managing long-term debt carefully and
responsibly
(e) sustaining a Concordia experience that reflects strong
institutional quality, provides opportunities to be of greater
service to the church and society, and mobilizes individuals in a
way that aids the campuses in achieving their collective vision
with respect to their identity, quality, and viability; and
(f) maintaining accountability of its institutions to the systemwide board.
3.6.6.7
The Concordia University System Board of Directors shall
maintain in its policies a list of subject matters that each educational
institution must address in its own policies and procedures, to
include faculty appointments, employment contracts, contract
renewal, contract termination, faculty organization, modified
service, sabbaticals, and dispute resolution. Notwithstanding the
provisions of any such policy, any person connected with an
institution who is a member of the Synod shall also remain under the
ecclesiastical supervision of the Synod, and nothing in any such
Concordia University System institution policy shall be construed to
limit or constrain any action that may be taken or the rights or
responsibilities of any party, pursuant to the Synod Handbook with
respect to a member of Synod.
3.6.6.8
The Concordia University System shall maintain a model
manual, in consultation with the Commission on Constitutional
Matters, entitled Model Operating Procedures Manual regarding
governing the handling of faculty complaints and dispute resolution
by college/university boards of regents.

F. Concordia University System Boards of Regents
3.10.6
Each college and university of the Synod, with its president
and faculty, shall be governed by a board of regents, subject to

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