California: Some U. of California academic senators are poised to remove chairman, but their ability to do so is unclear

by E Wayne Ross on March 10, 2006

Inside Higher Ed: Some U. of California academic senators are poised to remove chairman, but their ability to do so is unclear

Outwardly, Clifford Brunk, elected chair of the University of California Academic Senate and a biology professor at the university’s Los Angeles campus, seems to do his job of representing faculty members’ concerns to the university’s regents, the California system’s Office of the President, and the public. Internally, though, some senators take issue with his leadership and appear ready to impeach him on Monday — though no existing bylaw permits them to do so.