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Source: LCMS Handbook 2023, page 178.
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that the ratio of elected to appointed regents is not decreased and that all members of the resulting board of regents are members of member congregations of the Synod. Such plan must indicate a definite plan of no more than six years’ duration to bring the composition of the board of regents of the institution into compliance with Bylaw 3.10.6.2, and continued affirmation shall be contingent on execution of said plan.
(2) The plan is approved by the Concordia University System Board of Directors and the Synod Board of Directors.
(3) The consolidated college or university shall be regarded as a Concordia University System college or university.
3.10.6.5.2 The board of regents shall be authorized to consolidate a non-Synod school
into the institution if and only if a detailed plan of consolidation that is consistent with Synod Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions has first been approved by the Synod Board of Directors by its two-thirds vote and by the Concordia University System Board of Directors by its two-thirds vote.
3.10.6.6 A college or university that is not a Concordia University System institution
may request to join the Concordia University System. After having consulted with its Institution Advisory Council, the Concordia University System Board of Directors may, by its two-thirds vote, recommend that the college or university join the Concordia University System. The Concordia University System recommendation must be submitted either to the convention of the Synod, which by a majority vote, or the Synod Board of Directors, which by a two-thirds vote, may grant membership in Concordia University System. The Concordia University System recommendation and subsequent approval shall be subject to all the requirements and privileges that apply to a Concordia University System institution, including compliance with the Synod Constitution, Bylaws, and resolutions, except that the initial composition of the b oard of regents may deviate from that specified in Bylaw 3.10.6.2. Such proposal must specify a definite plan of no more than six years’ duration to bring the composition of the board of regents of the institution into compliance with Bylaw 3.10.6.2, and continued affirmation shall be contingent on execution of said plan.
Concordia University System Coordination and Collaboration
3.10.6.7 Colleges and universities of the Synod are urged to conduct themselves
materially in accordance with “our Lord’s will that the diversities of gifts should be for the common profit ” (1 Cor. 12:4– 31; Constitution Preface ), strengthening one another through coordination, collaboration, consultation, and efficient consolidation of operations, wherever prudent and practically feasible.
3.10.6.7.1 Colleges and universities of the Synod are free and are encouraged to
pursue among themselves efficient collaboration; sharing of administrative and educational resources; and consolidation of operations, academic programs, or institutions, as opportunities present themselves to their respective boards of regents and after input from the Concordia University System Board of Directors.
Concordia University System College and University Presidents
3.10.6.8 The president of the institution shall be the executive officer of the board
of regents. He shall as his foremost duty serve as the spiritual, academic, and administrative head of the institution and, in addition to this and to
