UW's Regents Reasons for Firing Jay Rothman Don't Add Up

UW's regents reasons for firing Jay Rothman don't add up

UW Regent Timothy Nixon testified that Universities of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman “doesn't want to upset either the Legislature, the governor or the faculty or anybody else. He didn’t want to upset the apple cart and, quite frankly, I…

Regents President Amy Bogost Says, 'We Are Not Political Hacks,' Reveals There's No Documentation Of Jay Rothman Review

“We are not political hacks. We are not a rubber stamp” -Board of Regents’ President Amy Bogost Amy Bogost, the president of the UW Board of Regents, told a panel […]

UPFRONT: UW president fired

Ousted Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman gives first TV interview to ‘UPFRONT’

UW System President Jay Rothman fired by Board of Regents

Universities of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman was fired by the Board of Regents April 7, a decision that the board cited as unanimous. Rothman is the first UW System president to be fired. The board cited in a press release that despite Rothman’s accomplishments, “based on the annual performance review and subsequent discussions, the Board has lost confidence in President Rothman’s ability to lead the UWs moving forward.” The April 7 cl…