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.

William F. Tate IV, who has led Louisiana State since 2021, was unanimously selected by Rutgers' board of governors at a meeting Monday.