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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 293

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HIGHER EDUCATION 293

the amount of subsidy was so heavily depended on by the
smaller institutions and because the Board for Higher Education
is without authority to close an institution or to alter its method
of operation, a great amount of inflexibility developed that made
it difficult for the Board for Higher Education to shift subsidy
dollars from one institution to another. Consequently synodical
support for church work students on a per-student basis varies

student tuition.) Tuition, exclusive of chapel-use fees. church-
work deposit fees, and student-activity fees, has risen from $300
to $1,270 for church work students in the last 12 years and higher
than that for non-church work students. Several institutions
have been able to generate considerable funding from local
sources or individuals in the area served by the college or to
charge tuitions and fees closer in accord with costs because of

state tuition refund programs. Consequently tuitions and tees
are not uniform throughout the system: local circumstances
have dictated the tuition and fee rates set by each Board of
Control, but all schools have been forced to depend more heavily
on this income source for support.

considerably from one institution to another.

During this period the amount of income supplied by students
by way of tuition (excluding noneducational fees) has risen from
an average of $260 per student in 1963 to $891 in 1974. (These
averages include high school tuition and dollars from part-time

1973 - 1974
SYNODICAL COLLEGE FEES

Capital

School Tuition CWD Use Fee Misc. Sub-Total Dormitory Food Total Fees
Junior Colleges '

Ann Arbor $ 935 $100 $-- $152 1 $1,187 $390 $500 $2,077

Austin 660 100 60 221 1,041 330 6890 2,051

Concordia 520 100 60 137 817 290 520 1,627

Edmonton 400 100 60 153 713 100 450 1,263

Edmonton H.S. 300 40 60 168 568 150 660 1,218
Mi lwaukee2 1,270 --- -- 133 1,403 - 9 =---- 1,040------ 2443

Portland 990 100 60 245 1,395 $ 0 sree 921------ 2.316
*Selma 300 eieded os 114 414 200 500 1,114

Winfield 670 100 60 150 980 | wwn-- 785------ 1,765
Senior Colleges

Bronaville 4

Church Work 7253 100 60 160 1,045 415 590 2,050
Non Church Work 1,450 100 60 160 1,770 415 590 2,775

*River Forest 1,053 100 -- 286 1,439 405 660 2,504
*St. Paul 1,170 100 -- 168 | 1,438 | 9 ss29- 924------ 2,262

Seward 810 100 60 68 | 1,038 375 536 1,949

Fort Wayne 797 100 60 214 | 1,171 310 590 2,071
Seminaries

St. Louis 1,500 --- 60 43 1,603 300 425 2,328

Springfield 1,170 --- 60 115 1,345 | 9 seere 780------ 2,125

*In some cases, the Church Work Deposit Fee and Capital Use Fee are included in the general education (tuition) fee.

lin some cases fees are included in the general education (tuition fee).
strictly to expenditures for the academic programs

These are mandatory but do not relate

2Resident New York and Wisconsin students are eligible for a state-supported tuition refund program. Michigan
students may be eligible depending upon the program area in which they are studying.

3yandled as a scholarship program.
4pronxville will have fourth year in 1974-75.

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have appeared to be contrary to the basic philosophy of the
institution or of the Synod but have been found to be necessary
and desirable for institutional survival. With the “frozen” sub-
sidy situation in existence over the past 5 years or more, insti-
tutions have become heavily dependent on tuition increases
and enrollment levels. During this same period the so-called
oversupply of teachers has made students somewhat skeptical
about pursuing a teacher education career. The number of new
career opportunities that have developed in recent years have
also tended to encourage many students to be more deliberate
in setting personal goals.

Students, particularly general education students, require
programs and course offerings that are reasonably competitive
with those of other educational institutions. In spite of the fact
that tuition may not be as high at an LCMS college as at other
private colleges, students feel strongly that course offerings have
to be available to suit their particular needs and interests. The

A number of system changes suggested by the Board for
Higher Education over the past years have not been approved
by the convention. A realocation of subsidy dollars to adequately
reflect changing enrollment composition has not been accom-
plished because of the lack of convention action permitting the
BHE to make changes in the allocation methods. In the mean-
time rapidly rising costs in all aspects of college operations have
far outpaced the general economy and forced rapid tuition
increases on the students.

Unplanned Effects of “Frozen” Subsidy and High School Closings

The impact of “frozen” subsidy at a time when costs were
rising rapidly required the Board for Higher Education to sug-
gest that the synodical schools secure additional local financing.
Consequently programs have been started for which local
funding has been received and for which no “direct” synodical
mandate or support is in evidence. At times these programs