Linda Katehi has held on as chancellor despite numerous controversies.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

UC Davis chancellor placed on leave over employment of daughter-in-law and son

Linda P. B. Katehi survived as chancellor of the University of California at Davis after an incident in 2011 where campus police used pepper spray against students engaged in a nonviolent protest. And she survived other controversies in the years since — even as some students and faculty members demanded her ouster.

But on Wednesday evening, she was placed on administrative leave, in part over allegations that haven’t been the dominant issues for those demanding her ouster.

Janet Napolitano, the president of the University of California System, placed Katehi on leave, citing possible “serious violations” of university policy with regard to conflict of interest and the employment of family members. A letter from Napolitano to Katehi said that the chancellor’s daughter-in-law has received “promotions and salary increases over a two-and-a-half-year period that have increased her pay by over $50,000 and have resulted in several title changes. During that same period, you put forward a pay increase of over 20 percent and a title change for your daughter-in-law’s supervisor.”