Here's an excerpt about the Goldin recall, from the
campus newspaper of Boston University (which has over
30,000 people):

http://www.dailyfreepress.com/news/543684.html

"More than 100 Boston University faculty members
assembled Wednesday afternoon at a two-hour faculty
forum to discuss the controversy surrounding the Board
of Trustees and President-elect Daniel S. Goldin...
[Faculty Council Chair Herbert Voigt] said the forum,
which was closed to the public, was simply a
conversation about issues — not a call for action
because no motions or votes occurred. According to
Voigt, faculty members at the forum spoke out both for
and against Goldin. “Some of those who spoke said they
questioned Goldin’s authoritative leadership
reputation at NASA,” he said. “Others said he has
already had an influence on Boston University in our
contract for the new bio [laboratory].” The faculty
committee’s online petition [supporting Goldin]
received more than 2,250 signatures since the site was
launched Monday afternoon, according to website’s
counter — which does not seem to track whether people
enter real names or sign repeatedly...“Personally I
feel that the online petition is a much stronger way
of making the views of the community known,” [Voigt]
said. “Already having over 1,200 signatures on the
petition is much more likely to have an effect than a
statement by the Executive Committee on a faculty body
that has been systematically ignored by the central
administration and the Board of Trustee for nearly
three decades.” A spokesman for Attorney General Tom
Reilly’s office confirmed that the office has the
power to overrule the BU Board of Trustees and has
stepped in during past conflicts with universities.
“Most universities are public charities,” spokesman
Corey Welford said. “The attorney general has
jurisdiction over all public charities."