Editing Concordia University System (section)

{{Short description|University network of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod}}
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| abbreviation             = CUS
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The '''Concordia University System''' ('''CUS''') is an organization of five colleges and universities and one satellite campus in the United States that are operated by the [[Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod]] (LCMS). All of the institutions are named "Concordia"—a reference to the Latin title of ''[[Book of Concord|The Book of Concord]]'', the collection of Lutheran confessions—and all include professional church work programs as part of their [[curriculum|curricula]]. The CUS was formed in 1992. In 2011, 28,421 students attended Concordia University System institutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reporter.lcms.org/pages/rpage.asp?NavID=19358|title=CUS enrollment hits new record high of 28,421|accessdate=28 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101084140/http://reporter.lcms.org/pages/rpage.asp?NavID=19358|archive-date=1 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, the official website for the system claimed an enrollment of over 35,000 students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Campuses |url=https://cus.edu/cus/?page_id=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028222102/https://cus.edu/cus/?page_id=13 |url-status=dead |website=Concordia University System |access-date=15 June 2024 |archive-date=28 October 2021}}</ref>

Each Concordia except the one in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is independent and has its own president, faculty, and board of regents; [[Concordia University Ann Arbor]] is now a satellite campus of [[Concordia University Wisconsin]]. At the same time, the schools interact with one another and share some resources and services. One service offered by the CUS, the Simultaneous Enrollment Program, allows any student enrolled at one Concordia to attend another CUS college for up to a year as a "visiting student". During that time, visiting students are considered to be enrolled at both CUS institutions simultaneously.

The 2019 convention of the LCMS passed Resolution 7-03 to create a new governance model for the schools. In February 2021, a committee appointed by the synod's board of directors tentatively proposed a new model under which each school's board of regents and administration would be responsible for its own property and business matters, while the CUS would be replaced with a Commission on University Education which would govern the "ecclesiastical functions and connections of the schools" and would establish "ecclesiastical accreditation process". The plan is not complete and the committee is receiving comments from interested parties in the LCMS.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Str|first=David|date=2021-03-08|title=BOD advances new CUS governance model|url=https://reporter.lcms.org/2021/bod-advances-new-cus-governance-model/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref>