Cornell University faculty are moving toward a symbolic no-confidence vote against the administration as scrutiny grows over how the school handled allegations of a 2024 gang rape involving students.

The Cornell University Faculty Senate is expected to consider the resolution at its Oct. 14 meeting. About 40 of the roughly 75 voting senators have expressed support for the measure, according to Faculty Senate member Paul Ortiz.

The effort follows student demonstrations Monday in which thousands of students protested the university’s handling of the case, adding to pressure on President Michael Kotlikoff and other administrators.

The allegations date to October 2024 and resurfaced last month after a woman identified in court documents as “Jane Doe” sued Cornell, seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity and others, accusing the men of sexually assaulting her.

The case has drawn particular scrutiny over differences between a 120-page transcript of Doe’s initial interview with Cornell police and a six-page summary later provided to Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten.

According to the lawsuit and investigative records, Doe initially told Cornell police that she had participated in a consensual threesome at the fraternity house while intoxicated and using ketamine. She later alleged that the encounter became a gang rape after additional men entered the room.

The summary provided to Van Houten did not include allegations that Doe had not consented to sex or that she had been forcibly drugged. Van Houten declined to pursue criminal charges in 2024 but reopened the investigation last month amid renewed scrutiny.

The civil lawsuit presents a different account of the beginning of the encounter, alleging that Doe was too intoxicated to consent to sex or drugs from the outset.

Investigative records also indicate that Doe initially told one of the fraternity members that “none of the sexual stuff” that occurred that night “was illegal.” A roommate later told investigators that Doe’s understanding of the encounter changed over time and that she initially struggled to describe it as rape because of a previous sexual assault.

The allegations against the seven fraternity members have not been proven, and the civil lawsuit remains separate from the criminal investigation.

Kotlikoff addressed the controversy over the weekend, calling the case a “defining moment in Cornell’s history” and supporting an independent review of “all aspects of Cornell’s handling of the 2024 matter.”

The faculty resolution would not remove Kotlikoff or otherwise directly change university policy, but a no-confidence vote could increase pressure on the administration as Cornell faces continued questions about how the allegations were investigated and presented to prosecutors.