Dr. Fayneese Miller, the president of Hamline University, lost the confidence of the university’s full-time faculty members.

“The work of the family is real work,” said Erika Bachiochi, a legal scholar who calls herself a pro-life feminist and has written influential essays and books.

In October, Erika López Prater, an adjunct professor at Hamline University, warned students before showing a reverential image of the holy figure created in the 14th-century.