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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1998, Page 207

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HIGHER EDUCATION

a. Each educational institution of the Synod shall normally
award tenure or rollover contracts to a minimum of forty per-
cent and a maximum of sixty percent of its faculty.

b. Standards for granting tenure and rollover contracts shall
be established by the local Board of Regents in keeping with
guidelines provided by the BHE/CUS Board.

[Rationale: Boards of Regents are responsible for the ap-
pointment and welfare of faculty (6.03 h and 6.03 j 3), as
well as the administration of programs and the viability of
the institutions. (6.44).

[Rationale: This change permits institutions to choose a
tenure or nontenure policy. The use of rollover contracts in
place of the tenure system permits more flexible and effec-
tive administration of the schools as program and financial
needs of the institution change.] _

[Rationate: This detail is Board of Regents’ business under
6.03 b and 6.03 j 3]

6.29 Salary Schedules

The salary schedules of all institutional employees shall be
fixed by the Board of Regents on recommendation of the presi-
dent of the institution.Ondiserity, The salary schedules shall be
established within the broad guidelines provided by the Board
for Higher Education.

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6.31 Faculty Organization and Meetings

. The Board
of Regents, on recommendation of the president of the institu-
tion, shall establish an effective faculty organizational structure.
(Rationale: Faculty organization is included in institutional
governance policies, a Board of Regents responsibility under
6.03 c]

[Rationale: This detail is included in institutional gover-
nance documents. ]

é b. In the president’s absence the-designeted-neting-presi-
dent an officer designated by the president or Board of Regents

shall preside at regular and special meetings.

(Rationale: Too specific—routine absences of the president
do not require naming a formal “acting president.”’]

ec. The faculty shall elect a secretary and provide for the
election of committees, consisting of faculty members or of fac-
ulty members and other persons, who shall study, evaluate, and
report to the faculty on policy matters affecting the academic
activity of the institution, the activity and welfare of the mem-
bers of the faculty, and the life and welfare of the students.

(Rationale: The faculty’s administrative responsibilities are
in the academic area.]

£& d. The faculty shall elect a standing hearings committee
or assign the functions of such a committee to another standing
committee.

6.35 Institutional Educational Policies
a. Each faculty shall adept-rutes-and-+regeuletions recommend

policy to the Board of Regents through the president for the ad-
mission, transfer, dismissal, or withdrawal of students, fH ser
the standards of scholarship to be maintained by students, de-
termine criteria for thei-premetien; graduation or failure. act on
recommendations in the matter of granting certificates, diplo-
mas, and such academic or honorary degrees as may lawfully
be conferred by the institution.

[Rationale: These policies are an institutional responsibility
of the Board of Regents. Note 6.03 b and d; 6.03 j 8]

b. Each faculty shall develop and construct curricula imple-
menting the recognized and established purposes of the institu-
tion and designed to attain the synodically approved objectives
of taining preparation for professional church workers and
other Christian leaders. Each faculty shall pursue the improve-
ment of teaching and learning and the evaluation of their effec-
tiveness in every segment of the institution and its curriculum.

c. Each faculty shall develep-pettetesstenderds—end-pre-
gtems recommend policy to the Board of Regents through the
president regarding out-of-class life and activity of its students
so that the cocurricular and off-campus activities of the student
contribute to the attainment of the educational objectives of the
institution. The faculty shall draw-up recommend such stet-

policies as will be conducive to
the cultivation of a Christian deportment on the part of al! stu-
dents, will stimulate the creation of a cultured and academically
challenging atmosphere on and about the whole campus. and
will make a spiritually wholesome community life possible.
{Rationale: The Board of Regents of each institution is re-
sponsible | for this function, ¢ 6.03 j 8]

(Rationale: Staff welfare is assigned to the Board of Regents
(6.03 j 3) and not to the faculty.]

e: d. The faculty of each institution which tetas prepares
professional workers directly for service in the Synod shall con-
form its placement policies to the synodical provisions for the
distribution of candidates and workers through the synodical
Board of Assignments.