FAU chair pushes back against politically charged no-confidence vote

The Florida Board of Governors issued a vote of no confidence in the chairperson of Florida Atlantic University’s Board of Trustees Wednesday, faulting the university leader for what they called a series of procedural mishaps tied to the school’s search for a new president.

The impromptu vote to censure Chairperson Brad Levine marked the latest escalation in tensions between the governors and FAU officials over the yearlong effort to select the Boca Raton school’s next leader.

But it emerged from a confusing set of circumstances that Levine said was based on a misinterpretation of FAU’s procedures.