Michigan State faculty members issued a vote of "no confidence" in the university's board of trustees Tuesday afternoon as the campus continues to deal with fallout from the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal.
Members of the faculty voted 61-4 to express a lack of confidence in the eight-member governing body at Michigan State, according to multiple news outlets in East Lansing. The faculty does not have power to force trustees from their position. They are elected by the public for eight-year terms, but members of the school's faculty felt it was important to let the trustees know that a major part of the campus community does not approve of recent decisions they have made.