US EditionRousse to Lead LSU System While Dalton Takes on Executive VP Role
The LSU Board will decide among three finalists with differing visions, debating whether to reinstate the chancellor role to better manage the multi-campus system.
- Earlier this year, the LSU Board of Supervisors narrowed finalists before choosing Wade Rousse, Ph.D., as the system’s president, announced three hours after deliberations.
- The search followed William Tate IV's departure earlier this year for Rutgers University, and the public search committee held interviews with three finalists last week.
- His private-sector career and fundraising focus shaped his pitch, but several LSU professors warned Wade Rousse, Ph.D.'s limited research background could hinder faculty recruitment.
- The board approved Rousse in a 12-1 vote with Laurie Lipsey Aronson casting the lone dissent, named James Dalton to an executive vice president role with chancellor-like duties, and a press conference was expected Tuesday afternoon.
- The search revived debate over reinstating a chancellor as Wade Rousse strongly advocated for the role, with some political insiders saying Gov. Jeff Landry favors Rousse.
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LSU Board of Supervisors to announce new university president today - American Press
The LSU Board of Supervisors is currently in executive session to choose the next president of Louisiana State University — and McNeese State University President Wade Rousse is in the running. Rousse is one of three finalists for the LSU presidency. The other finalists are James Dalton, provost at the University of Alabama, and Robert Robbins, former president of the University of Arizona. Rousse said the LSU role aligns with his goal of advanc…
Here's who will serve as LSU system's new president, executive vice president
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- The LSU system has a new president and an executive vice president after board members emerged from an hours-long executive session Tuesday. McNeese State University President Wade Rousse was named as LSU's new president, and University of Alabama Executive Vice President and Provost James Dalton was named executive vice president and chancellor. Wade Rousse and James Dalton were the two finalists chosen for…
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