Rutgers University has chosen William Tate as its 22nd president at a time of intense pressure on American universities.

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.

Officials at Rutgers University have named William F. Tate IV the 22nd president of the university. Tate, a renowned social scientist and president of the Louisiana State University (LSU) system since May 2021,