The board that runs the Universities of Wisconsin voted unanimously Tuesday to fire the system’s president, drawing the ire of Republican lawmakers who called it a “partisan hatchet job.”

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman told The Associated Press on Wednesday in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and i...

Jay Rothman was dismissed from the role after four years in the position in a move described as a “blatant partisan hatchet job” in a statement to The Associated Press by Republican state Senate Presi...