Dawood Farahi

Dawood Farahi Afghan-American academic administrator, currently serving as President of Kean University.[1]

Dawood Farahi
President of Kean University
Assumed office
July 1, 2003
Preceded byFrank J. Esposito (interim)
Personal details
BornAfghanistan
Alma materUniversity of Kansas (PhD)

Early life and education

Farahi was born and raised in Afghanistan. He relocated to the United States to with limited English skills to earn his PhD, studying at the University of Kansas as a Fulbright Scholar.[2]

Career

Farahi began his career at Kean University as a professor in the public affairs master's program.[3] Since joining Kean, questions have been raised about the validity of Farahi's resume. Faculty members at Kean have stated that Farahi's resumes have included "erroneous claims of publication and other misleading statements."[4] After an investigation was launched in 2012, the university's board of trustees voted to retain Farahi by a vote of 7–4.[5][6][7][8]

During Farahi's tenure, the university has also struggled with maintaining accreditation. In July 2012, the university was placed on probation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education for failing to meet academic standards. In August 2018, it was announced that the public administration master's program would lose its accreditation at the start of the fall semester.[9]

In August 2019, it was announced that Farahi would retire at the end of the 2019–2020 academic year.[10]

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References
  1. "Office of the President | Kean University". www.kean.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  2. Bloom, Susan. "School hosts rare rite for new citizens". njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  3. James, George (2003-03-16). "EDUCATION; On Campus, A Time Of Change". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  4. "Résumé Scrutiny – American Federation of Teachers New Jersey, AFL-CIO". Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  5. Pérez-Peña, Richard (2012-02-15). "Split Board Backs Kean University's Leader, Under Fire for Résumé". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  6. Stripling, Jack (2012-02-15). "In Narrow Vote, Kean U. Trustees Support Embattled President". The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN 0009-5982. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  7. "Ridiculous resumes: 6 of higher ed's most padded CVs". Education Dive. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  8. Tat, Linh. "Kean president gets new contract despite previous 'no confidence' vote by faculty". Politico PRO. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  9. Kelderman, Eric (2018-08-17). "A Program at Kean U. Is Losing Its Accreditation. Many Faculty and Students Have No Idea". The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN 0009-5982. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  10. "Controversial president of Kean University will retire". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
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