The president of the Iowa Board of Regents says his official response to a call for his resignation is “no comment.” The Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty at the University of Iowa passed a resolution calling for all nine members of the Board of Regents to resign, an expression of their dissatisfaction with the hiring of a businessman to be the university’s next president. Bruce Rastetter, the president of the Board of Regents, is not resigning.

The resolution from the University of Iowa Liberal Arts faculty also called for the dismissal of Rastetter and thr rest of the Board of Regents, something Governor Terry Branstad said yesterday that he does not have the authority to do. Rastetter says the Regents “are going to support the university” and its new president.

Members of the Board of Regents are appointed by the governor and must win a confirmation vote in the Iowa Senate. Rastetter’s current six-year term on the Board of Regents expires on April 30th, 2017