(Louisiana Illuminator) — The committee handling the search for LSU’s next president has again accelerated the timeline for hiring someone for the job, with the goal of having someone picked by the end of the month.

Christel Slaughter, chief executive of SSA Consultants, said her contracted firm will deliver the names of candidates Oct. 10 to the search committee, which will then conduct interviews through Oct. 20. By Oct. 21, the committee will recommend finalists to the LSU Board of Supervisors, Slaughter said.

The board could then vote to hire a president at its Oct. 24 meeting.

The university is filling its top job vacancy after William Tate left Baton Rouge to become president of Rutgers University.

LSU Board chairman Scott Ballard initially said the committee aimed to hire a pres

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