FILE - University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman prepares his materials before a UW Board of Regents meeting on Sept. 18, 2025, at Gordon Commons at UW-Madison in Madison, Wis.
The president of the multicampus Universities of Wisconsin has said in letters obtained by The Associated Press that he has been told to resign or he will be fired. UW President Jay Rothman says in the letter to the head of the Board of Regents that he won’t step aside from the 165,000-student system. Rothman's letter is dated March 26, and The AP obtained the letter on Thursday. Rothman says he has been given no reason why regents want him to leave and that he has been told his options are to resign or retire or be fired. Amy Bogost, board president, said she would not comment on "personnel matters.”