By better than a two-to-one margin, the UC Davis Academic Senate voted down a statement of no-confidence in Chancellor Linda Katehi following the November pepper-spraying of protesters on campus. The two-week online vote ended Friday, with 312 backing the statement of no-confidence and 697 opposed. A total of 2,693 active and emeritus faculty were eligible to vote… Katehi isn’t the only UC leader who has taken fire for the handling of Occupy protests. The UC Berkeley Academic Senate voted to condemn Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s administration after police there used batons while removing an encampment Nov. 9, but stopped short of a no-confidence vote.

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by Cory Golden, The Davis Enterprise.

Posted: February 17th, 2012, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.