UMB on edge as layoffs loom - Kathleen McKiernan, Boston Herald

Anxiety and anger have struck adjunct professors and students at the University of Massachusetts Boston campus after the part-time teachers learned that more layoffs are looming on top of 400 pink slips handed out already this spring. But UMass officials said the move is part of an effort to bring on more tenure-track, or full-time permanent, professors. The university has hired 41 new professors for the fall, officials said. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2016/08/umb_on_edge_as_layoffs_loom