{"id":36610,"date":"2026-04-08T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/08\/fired-universities-of-wisconsin-president-jay-rothman-tells-ap-he-was-blindsided-by-his-ouster-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:52:00","slug":"fired-universities-of-wisconsin-president-jay-rothman-tells-ap-he-was-blindsided-by-his-ouster-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/08\/fired-universities-of-wisconsin-president-jay-rothman-tells-ap-he-was-blindsided-by-his-ouster-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was &#8216;blindsided&#8217; by his ouster &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxOTVhPM3dBNlI3MVhrR2JPRzM3ZThFYXdqRnc5YjU4MnB2Z2thV0Q2cUFMNTNhZEZXNjktdk94TGdZNkY3NnA1YWNyWkdJTTVRUkJud0NBV2lmaFR1ajdVRWV0b3BCRHdobFd5ZEpnaDYwQTkxWU5JWks3ZjYyU284ZjBJOW5ZQ3FoemU5YWJqNkg5Yjd5dlU1UzUyR0JYaGxuRVNXQVFseUtnN1RQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was &#8216;blindsided&#8217; by his ouster<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxNRC13cjVXa3NfY3NpR2p0UTg4XzQzLUZzdFdLZkkwZU5KNVFkVWE1azFLX25YLUVSQm9sWjJGTDVZQWdreGdPdGF6aVBkbTJuQV9XLTM0RloxUWplMUZLdDZaUDFyRXJSQW5PbXd5QS1YQnA5YVhoTDl1ckxWb2JNRGRyd0VkcjVsa1d2VWhkWklCOHNUZkxJWnZXRTVmVy00VzJmbGdBUTltQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Leader of University of Wisconsin System Is Fired by the Board<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxPYUo2eVVSZmthdmpGRVNBYi1IWVRudkl5clZseVcxNTdXMmlCYm81Q05leHZNQXhucHl4bVdHc0pHZVAzNTJ5TTh5TXY3SHE3RlAyZmRxa05sSnVnZGpiYkV4bTlqNzd0eDFVUEdBSkg4cThxQ1g0cUpWMk1GeTRTX2lWcXp4SXBmYVFVb3BIZTlVZDdBN0wwNXhUbXJLaGZ4cmsyZGgzY2dsU2NnSFRwTFh5ZGF1R0hoQVRKT1pPaU1KR2VxRnFWSUNoRXBiRkxqR3pKWm5uZEM1U2tvVmdiMURZMXN2b29CZ0ZCcWxNZ1FDLTF1VmtvRzhYYnRPblk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Universities of Wisconsin board votes to fire system president after he refused to quit<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Channel 3000<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOT2RyNmVnRUNiMVFIT2ZNZGRlX0U5WnloSVAyTVJVeEtUT3YzaFp2WTlEbTd0YkVjUjRhbkxHbkdiOE5ZX1NkTlNPMldKSXdGV0l2LTdRRkt3b1Y4dmdBYWxXdGRnSkZhZy1jcVgyWVB6SGxrQnFHdkQzbFplM0hHT3JtWnpySEtkSEg1SzlNbVdfaHJab2h6X1o3SThmTWR3N3E5ZGxJajZxbnVleVlxaEFvbzNEWktf?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">UW Board of Regents fire UW system President Jay Rothman<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxOOG93X05LeGhhby1ydU9RNVpTVmFvQkI2allMVVg5bjZYa25fV2lKcExjVUgzcWZJblBrMVZMRXRuY0RCS2dCa1QxMjc2WGUwdUQzNk11LU53dnlkME9SeG1UZkxOeW93UHJtQ2ZCT1FWR0IyU0huTDlxWTZ1XzJnVmNEdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">WMC Statement on UW President Jay Rothman<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Wisconsin Manufacturers &amp; Commerce<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was &#8216;blindsided&#8217; by his ouster&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News Leader of University of Wisconsin System Is Fired by&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/08\/fired-universities-of-wisconsin-president-jay-rothman-tells-ap-he-was-blindsided-by-his-ouster-ap-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}