The board then dismissed him by a vote of 22 to 7.
But his choices must be approved by the board, and only the board can dismiss them.
The university's board of trustees had removed the previous president, and dismissed seven members of its small faculty.
The board of trustees overturned the faculty votes and dismissed all four.
On Tuesday, the board dismissed the director of television news, replacing him with a former newspaper editor who has spent years in party posts.
But the board dismissed her as executive director in 1998.
Of the four cases so far appealed, the board has dismissed three and upheld one.
Labor experts on both sides of the labor line expect the board to dismiss the charges.
The court also said the board had wrongly dismissed the case as a mere policy dispute.
Less than a month later, the board dismissed him.