Rutgers has hired William F. Tate IV as its new president, and since most of us here in New Jersey are unfamiliar with his work in the same job at Louisiana State, we reached out to the foremost expert on higher education south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

🐅 LSU president William Tate is leaving for the same job at Rutgers. He was the SEC's first Black university president, and is the latest in several high-profile departures for the Baton Rouge campus. ( Louisiana Illuminator) Matt Lee, the dean of agriculture, will serve as LSU's interim president beginning July 1, the university says.

William F. Tate IV, a renowned social scientist and president of the Louisiana State University (LSU) system since May 2021, has been appointed the 22nd president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.