Recent Controversy
In the latter part of 2011, University President Dr. Dawood Farahi had come under scrutiny from the Kean Federation of Teachers leadership who accused him of multiple errors on his resumes. The teachers union requested that the Kean Board of Trustees conduct an investigation into the matter. The Board hired an independent law firm to review Dr. Farahi's resume and after an exhaustive investigation, the law firm presented its findings to the campus community. Despite several errors on the resume, the Board of Trustees of Kean University voted 7-4 (with one abstention) to retain Dr. Farahi as President of the University. In a statement, the Board said of the mistakes that "We deplore them... none of the investigator's findings is material ."
The Board of Trustees voted unanimously in September 2012 to extend the contract of Dr. Farahi for five years beginning in July 2013.
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