DECLARATION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN PRESIDENT MARTIN T. MEEHAN
AND
THE UMASS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

submitted by:
University of Massachusetts Boston Faculty Council
May 14, 2018
WHEREAS the University of Massachusetts Boston campus is the Boston campus of the UMass system and
fulfills its role proudly and with excellence; and
WHEREAS it is superfluous to build a branch of UMass Amherst in Boston, since there is already a Boston
campus in the UMass system; and
WHEREAS the establishment of a satellite UMass Amherst campus in the Boston area would further
complicate and weaken the already difficult process of equitable allocation and distribution of public funds
across the University system; and
WHEREAS the hastily proposed purchase of Mt. Ida College by UMass Amherst to establish a satellite UMass
Amherst campus in greater Boston would set a clear a precedent and inaugurate an inter-campus model of
competition, rather than collaboration, within and across the UMass system; and
WHEREAS the President and Board of Trustees have failed to communicate with the faculty, staff and
students of the UMass Boston campus regarding such a detrimental plan and seek to prioritize the interest of
one campus over the well-being of another campus; and
WHEREAS the imminent dangers of this proposed model of inter-campus competition have been publicly
recognized by prominent public figures and experts in higher education, specifically in regards to the Boston
campus;
WE, the Faculty Council of the University of Massachusetts Boston declare that we have NO CONFIDENCE in
the leadership of President of the University of Massachusetts, Martin T. Meehan, or the Board of Trustees.
WE further urge that the proposed purchase of Mount Ida College by UMass Amherst with the intent to
create a satellite campus in the Boston area be IMMEDIATELY HALTED.