Universities of Wisconsin board will vote on whether to fire system president who refused to quit

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents scheduled a Tuesday vote to consider firing the system’s president, who refused their offer to quietly resign because he said no reason had been given for the surprise ouster. Jay Rothman said in two letters sent to regents that he would not resign from leading the 165,000-student system without an explanation of what he had done wrong. Board of Regents President Amy Bogost said in a statement Monday that Rothman “was not withou