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By Rebecca Panico | Published May 18, 2016 Emily Cubilete, the newly elected Student Organization president, said the Board of Trustees’ May 9 decision to increase late fees and the cost to enroll in a tuition payment plan will “help students” once Kean takes over payment services. More: Being a broke Kean student just got more expensive The vote comes at […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published May 11, 2016 Kean University’s Board of Trustees voted Monday to increase late fees and the cost to enroll in a tuition payment plan without any public discussion, though the adopted resolution omitted some important facts. More: Read the full resolution here The unanimous vote follows a state Comptroller’s report issued two weeks ago that […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published March 31, 2016 A former state Supreme Court Justice will review Kean’s report investigating claims of institutional racism after the university faced increasing pressure from lawmakers across the state. “The Kean University Board of Trustees has already agreed to forward the Governance Committee report to Justice John E. Wallace, Jr.,” Kean University President Dawood Farahi […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published March 31, 2016 Six of seven American members were reappointed to Wenzhou-Kean’s Board of Directors at the March 7 Board of Trustees meeting, including members of the Kean family and former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey. The 15-member board was first created in 2012. Eight Chinese members are appointed by the Wenzhou municipal government, while […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published March 14, 2016 Rev. Michael Blackwell’s review of Kean’s employment practices has finished, the university said today in a statement to The Tower. “Rev. Blackwell completed his research on March 7, 2016 as per his agreement with the Governance Committee,” Kean University spokeswoman Margaret McCorry wrote in a statement. “He always conducted himself professionally, and […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published March 9, 2016 The Board of Trustees voted Monday to let the Kean Foundation, which generally handles scholarships, to operate and manage a new restaurant in the North Avenue building. “The plan is Au Bon Pain,” said Kean Foundation President Carla Willis, adding that the Foundation hasn’t entered into an agreement with the company yet, […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published March 4, 2016 Kean University’s Board of Trustees turned down state Senate President Stephen Sweeney’s (D) recommendation for an auditor in a recent exchange of letters, stating that they’ve already hired one. Read more: View the entire exchange here In a joint statement from Sweeney and Senate Higher Education Committee Chair Sandra Cunningham (D), the […]
Read moreBy Daris Mendez | Posted September 29th, 2015 The Kean Federation of Teachers is running a letter-writing campaign asking New Jersey legislators to investigate Kean University, especially the “hiring practices and finances of the University’s China branch campus,” according to the letters written to legislators. James Castiglione, president of the Kean Federation of Teachers (KFT), who represents Kean’s full-time faculty and professional staff, said the […]
Read moreBy Brian Konchalski The Board of Trustees, on September 17, voted to extend Dawood Farahi’s, President of Kean University, contract with the university for another five years. The board voted unanimously on the resolution, 10-0, extending Farahi’s contract until 2018 at his current salary of $293,550 a year, according to numbers obtained by The Star-Ledger. He is still eligible for […]
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