Friday, October 29, 2010

Interested in Middle States Accreditation Statistics?

There's a reason why you have to hunt for it...
                                                  But we've found it for you HERE.

For The Record: A Defense of the Philosophy and Religion Program

This is a report written and compiled by Drs. Diaz, D'Sousa, and Pezzolo:

The bottom line, it seems, is that President Dawood Farahi and Provost Mark Lender are going after Departments by creating false evidence of declining trends in enrollment...

Protest Outside Rep. Ray Lesniak's Office in Union, NJ???

That's right, there's going to be one.  Get your hats and gloves ready for DECEMBER 3rd Ladies and Gentlemen—It's time to make a difference.

We'll have more info for you as the date approaches.

Dr. D'Souza's Letter to The Editor in The Tower: Fighting for the Philosophy and Religion Department

Dawood Farahi Forces HSS Chairs to Work Overtime for Pittance; Claims Cost-Cutting is a Necessity while Continuing to Purchase $25,000 of Star Ledger Adds Each Week

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Concerned Kean Faculty

Here's a link to a website where Kean Faculty are blogging about the bad-happenings at our University.  These faculty may be ostracized by Farahi and the Administration, but we'll never put them out in the rain.

The Council of Concerned Faculty

Kean University Teachers call for Audit — Politics Patrol





"Often, I have asked here and in the column how Kean University can hire former Gov. (and priest wannabe) Jim McGreevey to teach ethics and keep its accreditation.  Apparently a lot of the teachers there have serious questions as well. A poll of Kean University educators showed 92 percent of  those polled had no confidence in the university’s leadership. They cited President Dawood Farahi’s policies and fiscal management.  Today at 1 p.m., the Kean Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers’ president, Randi Weingarten, will hold a news conference to call for an external forensic audit of the school’s finances before a controversial reorganization proposal that would cut programs and classes goes before the Trustees.  “This situation demands an outside investigation into how taxpayer money is being abused by an administration that has grown 31 percent and exploded university debt from $48 to $350 million in only six years,” said Kean teachers union president James Castiglione. According to published reports, Farahi, a naturalized citizen who immigrated to the US as a college student, is paid more than $293,000 a year and his biggest supporter is Sen. Ray Lesniak to whom he has made political contributions."  (Click to read Full Article)