CHARLES LIN HAS met with students at all hours and has often spent nights on a futon in his office at the University of Maryland, but because of budget cuts, Lin--who received the Outstanding Instructor Award from the College of Computer, Mathematics and Physical Sciences in 2001--will have to move his blanket and pillow and find a new place to work.

Lin, 34, will lose his position as a lecturer after this summer because the computer science department is cutting lecturer positions in response to a budget crunch.

“Initially I was shocked, I guess,” Lin said. “You know, why me in particular?”

Welcome! The article you'd like to read is available to Adjunct Advocate subscribers, or to non-subscribers for purchase with AdjunctNation Passport credits. Your AdjunctNation Passport credit purchases compensate the writers directly!

If you like, visit our secure online store to purchase AdjunctNation Passport credits or subscribe. PLEASE NOTE: If you're already registered, you don't need to register again to read the article! You need to login, go to our secure online store, and purchase AdjunctNationCredits.