MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- More than 500 West Virginia University faculty members yesterday called for the ouster of President Mike Garrison, the second landslide no-confidence vote against the embattled president in as many weeks stemming from an academic fraud scandal at the state's flagship university.

The nonbinding resolution demanding that Mr. Garrison step down or be fired by the WVU Board of Governors passed, 565-39, with 11 abstentions. Despite the vote, Mr. Garrison reiterated yesterday that he would not resign. He issued a statement saying he was "dismayed" by the M.B.A. debacle and committed to "making sure nothing of this sort happens here again."

Yesterday's vote came during a rare mass meeting called by the faculty, which has expressed outrage over the granting of a fraudulent master of business administration degree to Mylan Inc. executive Heather Bresch, daughter of West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and a longtime friend and former business associate of Mr. Garrison.

The measure, which passed in secret balloting, garnered even stronger support than a similar resolution approved by the faculty senate 77-19 last week.

The three-hour session was the full faculty's first public chance to exchange views on a matter that has engulfed the Morgantown campus, generated headlines around the world and shocked alumni, donors, students and others. The scandal has energized WVU's faculty senate, which normally limits its debate to curriculum and textbooks.

About a third of the university's 1,800 statewide faculty was on hand yesterday, many of them decrying the politicization of the university by Mr. Garrison, the Board of Governors, which has issued statements supporting Mr. Garrison, and Mr. Manchin.

"It's much deeper than Mike Garrison," public administration professor Brian Gerber told the crowd. "Mike Garrison is only the tip of the iceberg and I think a lot of us understand that."

Judy Sedgeman, a professor at WVU's Health Sciences Center, drew loud applause when she turned WVU's reputation as a party school on its head.

"We are known as the ultimate party school -- the school that is in the pocket of the ruling party of West Virginia," Ms. Sedgeman said. "We are known as an institution without academic integrity, run by political cronies who do whatever it takes to respond to demands from friends in high places."

An investigative panel consisting of two WVU professors and three educators from outside the state concluded last month that Ms. Bresch did not earn the degree and that top administrators falsified her records by crediting her with courses she did not take or pay for and awarding her grades "pulled from thin air."

Those grades included "B" in six classes, worth 16 credits, that were added to her transcript and "A" in two classes, worth six credits, that previously had been marked "incomplete," according to sources who have reviewed the records.

The panel was formed after a Dec. 21 story by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette raised questions about how officials went about awarding the degree retroactively in October, nearly a decade after Ms. Bresch left the program and despite university records showing she only completed 26 of the 48 required credits.

The panel's report triggered the resignations of Provost Gerald Lang and business school dean R. Stephen Sears from their administrative posts effective June 30. Both plan to resume teaching in the fall, a situation one faculty member said should not stand.

"This is an integrity issue," said George Harper, an instructor with the School of Dentistry. "If a student did this it would be termed cheating" and the student would have been expelled, he said. "Resignation should mean you are dismissed from the university and you don't teach here anymore."

Also passing in a voice vote at yesterday's meeting was a resolution urging the faculty senate to create an outside review panel to hear complaints from faculty, staff and students. The motion was a response to fears about harassment, retaliation or retribution for speaking out against the administration.

"Freedom of speech is in jeopardy at WVU, not just for faculty but for students," said biochemistry professor Michael Miller.

Yesterday's no-confidence vote comes as the university prepares for commencement exercises this weekend at which Mr. Garrison is expected to maintain a low profile. Students are said to be planning quiet protests, such as turning their backs on him or declining to shake his hand.

Mr. Garrison had been scheduled to deliver the keynote address for graduates of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences on Sunday afternoon, but a revised schedule on WVU's Web site shows he has been replaced by another speaker. Spokeswoman Amy Neil yesterday declined to explain the reason for the change.

Ms. Neil has said Mr. Garrison will not be speaking at any of the ceremonies. She said he would attend several events but that as of yesterday his schedule had not been finalized.

The only speaker supporting Mr. Garrison at yesterday's meeting was retired engineering professor Andrew Sorine, who presented a statewide petition that he said was signed by more than 1,450 business people, civic leaders and others who back the beleaguered president.

Numerous faculty members yesterday called for Mr. Garrison to step down for the good of the university.

Mr. Garrison's failure to resign "spurns academic integrity," said Boyd Edwards, a WVU physics professor and chairman of a grass-roots group of faculty, alumni and students called Mountaineers for Integrity and Responsibility, which is pushing for his departure.

"President Garrison must go. If he cared more about this institution than his personal ambitions he would have already stepped down," Mr. Edwards told faculty members.

Mr. Edwards urged his colleagues to "sign petitions, contact the Board of Governors and state legislators, arrange protests, refuse raises and serve on committees and in administrative posts" to push for Mr. Garrison's resignation.

Mr. Garrison has denied any direct involvement in granting the degree to Ms. Bresch. But the investigative panel put the president's office at the center of the decision, finding "palpable pressure" from his top aides and Provost Lang to approve the degree.

Complaints about the political process that led to Mr. Garrison's appointment last year as president -- despite overwhelming faculty opposition -- were echoed in a deposition by former WVU head football coach Rich Rodriguez that was released this week.

In it, Mr. Rodriguez said Board of Governors member Steve Farmer told him "months before President Garrison got elected that he was going to be the next president" of the university. Mr. Rodriguez, who is being sued by WVU, said other members of the university's governing board gave him similar assurances.

Mr. Rodriguez said Mr. Farmer told him "everything I wanted would be taken care of once Mike Garrison was in office."

English professor Kathleen Ryan, one of the sponsors of the motion for the no-confidence vote, said she hoped Mr. Garrison would consider the overwhelming vote "one more incentive to do the right thing."

She said the Mountaineers for Integrity group wants major structural changes in the way the university is governed. The faculty also yesterday approved a motion calling for broader representation on the Board of Governors.

The group is seeking a spot on the agenda when the Board of Governors meets June 6 in Charleston, where it will present a petition currently signed by more than 600 faculty members, students, alumni and others who are asking for Mr. Garrison's dismissal.

Board Chairman Steve Goodwin, a politically connected Morgantown attorney who spearheaded Mr. Garrison's appointment and has been among his strongest supporters, last week said he won't seek another term as chairman but will remain on the board. Ms. Ryan said some faculty interpret Mr. Goodwin's withdrawal from the leadership position as a hopeful sign.

"My own take was less optimistic," she said.

Ms. Sedgeman, a faculty senate member, said the faculty will not be deterred by Mr. Garrison's refusal to step down.

"There is an ever-growing gathering of people determined to see this through," she said.