The University of Massachusetts is considering significant midyear budget cuts.
The supplemental state budget signed earlier this week by Governor Charlie Baker did not include almost $ 11 million UMass needs to pay faculty and staff, who got raises in new contracts.
University spokesman Robert Connolly said spending will have to be cut on all the campuses with the flagship Amherst campus facing a $ 5 million hit.
" The fact that money did not come our way was a surprise and a disappointment, but the reality is we don't have it," said Connolly.
The legislature increased funding for UMass in the current state budget, but university officials said it was not enough to cover the employee pay raises and forestall an increase in student fees that averaged $900.
