AG Bill Scheutte has evidently said according to media reports that he thinks that the Boards of Trustees of University of Michigan, Wayne State and Michigan State University should not be elected but rather appointed by the Governor and subject to advice and consent of the Michigan Senate. Sounds like a good idea to me.
The other 10 public Michigan four year universities get their trustees by appointment by the Governor. This works better than have university trustees nominated by state political conventions every two years and then run statewide under partisan banners. At least with appointments their is some scrutiny by most governors and legislatures.
This would require a constitutional amendment in Michigan, which normally are very hard to get passed by voters. However, with all what is going on right now maybe voters would be more inclined to support this proposal this time.