President Kimberly R. Cline outsourced the work of two groups of previously unionized workers on campus, and oversaw the lockout of 400 faculty on the day before the 2016–17 school year.[11] On September 1, 2016, three days after the union's contract expired and five days before the union was due to vote on the new contract,[12] the university cut off the affected staff's email accounts and health insurance, and told them they would be replaced.[13] This is the first time that a college or university in the United States has used a lockout against its faculty members, according to William A. Herbert, executive director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.[14] Following the lockout, the American Association of University Professors released a statement that it "deplores this action and supports the right of the LIU Brooklyn faculty to collectively bargain in good faith with its administration," and urged the LIU administration to resume negotiations.[15] In the first week of the autumn term, some students at LIU Brooklyn staged a walkout in support of the locked-out teaching staff.[16] With the 236 full-time faculty members and 450 adjuncts locked out, classes were taught by university administrators and temporary staff, and students reported inadequate instruction.[17] The lockout ended on September 14 with an agreement to continue the expired contract until May 31, 2017 and resume negotiations with a mediator.[18][19]