News & Updates
RFP For Consulting Services To Establish Criteria for UMass Placement Among Top-Ranked Institutions (RFP No. CP07PC1024)
Amherst 250 Procedures for AY 2007-08, Memo from: Charlena Seymour - September 10, 2007
Amherst 250 Plan: Status Report and Program Outline for AY 2007-08, Part I - September 6, 2007
Amherst 250 Plan: Status Report and Program Outline for AY 2007-08, Part II - September 6, 2007
Report on Online Learning at UMass Amherst by the Joint Task Force on Online Learning, Sen. Doc. No. 08-003
Special Report of the Intercampus Faculty Council - June 18, 2007
Special Report of the Executive Advisory Council - June 14, 2007
Learning to Lead: Building a World-Class Public University in Massachusetts (The Saxon Report) - March 1989
Letter to Governor Patrick re: Armstrong 6/1/07
Letter to Governor Patrick re: Commission 6/1/07
Achieving Liberal Education Outcomes: an Evidence-based Assessment System
Audio Version of President Jack Wilson's Address at the 663rd Faculty Senate Meeting, May 17, 2007
"University of Massachusetts: A Vision for One University" - Presentation by President Jack Wilson, May 3, 2007
"How Universities Can Restructure" - WFCR Interview with Aims McGuiness
Address by President Jack Wilson at the 663rd Faculty Senate Meeting, May 17, 2007
Press Release - Survey Reveals Faculty Opposition to Proposed Change in the UMass Academic Calendar
UNIVRSTY 298A - Faculty Senate Practicum Course Information
The Faculty Senate of the Amherst Campus, University of Massachusetts: Observations on Theory, Structure and Function by Dr. Ernest May
- Summary of Remarks Presented at Shared Governance: Campus Decision Making in the 21st Century, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, April 19, 2006.
AQAD SUMMARIES completed up to 2004 are now available on the Academic Priorities Council page of the Faculty Senate website.
As the graph from the President's Office shows, support for the University through the State Operating Budget is improving. After one of the sharpest downward spikes in the history of American higher education, the University appears to be experiencing a reversal that could prove to be equally dramatic, as exemplified by the UMA 250 initiative.
However, the real scandal with respect to the State's neglect of its flagship campus involves the capital budget. According to the President's Office, between 2000 and 2005, the University expended $994 million on capital improvements. Only 22% ($215 million) came from State funds. The remaining $779 million was self-funded from campus operating funds ($394 million) and borrowing ($385 million).
Most other states fund capital needs at a far higher level. The failure to provide a reasonable level of State support for University capital projects constitutes an onerous "tax" on current and future students. "Self-funded" readily translates into "student-funded!"
The Commonwealth is currently experiencing very high levels of tax revenue. Providing a higher percentage of support for the capital infrastructure projects of its University campuses would be a great investment in keeping the cost to present and future generations of students as low as possible.
Course Instructional Guidelines
Chancellor Lombardi's latest version of the University of Massachusetts Amherst 250 Plan in which he addresses the University's need for an additional 250 faculty members to remain competitive.
Chancellor Lombardi's final plan regarding improving campus diversity. For information regarding the Commission on Diversity, use this link.
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