UW Regents tell lawmakers about dissatisfaction with president they fired

By: Baylor Spears

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: April 10, 2026

Words: 1,698

Last Updated: 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

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A state Senate committee put off taking action despite threats from lawmakers to fire unconfirmed members of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents after two regents shared more details Thursday about the decision to fire former UW President Jay Rothman.

While the regents were legally prevented from sharing specific details about the firing, they said, they described their sense that Rothman moved too slowly to act on pressing issues including developing a UW …

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