Layoffs, tuition hike announced at Lambuth - Tajuana Cheshier, Jackson Sun

Lambuth University announced this morning that it will not renew the contracts of 16 staff members and four non-tenured faculty members in the next fiscal year.Interim President Jerry Israel said in a university press release these decisions are "painful for all concernced, but are needed." "We will provide as much out placement employment counseling as possible in the days ahead for the employees not being reappointed," Israel said in the release.