The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents flip-flopped Wednesday, voting 11-6 to approve a deal on diversity positions and pay raises it had rejected just four days earlier. Bowing to pressure, both political and financial, the regents reversed course and accepted a deal brokered by UW System President Jay Rothman and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington. "We simply can’t ignore the immense challenges facing our universities," said board vice president Amy Bogost, one of three who flipped their votes in favor of the agreement.
