By Cheryl Hehl, Staff Writer

UNION COUNTY — Although most board meetings during the past year have begun in front of a large, raucous audience that jammed Kean Hall and spilled into the hallways and courtyard beyond, the Aug. 30 meeting was attended by a sparse crowd devoid of students or parents.

Nevertheless, members of the administration, faculty and unions approaching

the microphone expressed vastly different views of what lay ahead as the university battles the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

While some showed strong support for the monitoring report being submitted to Middles States, others issued stinging, often vivid, descriptions of how leadership under Farahi is a slippery slope for the university.

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