The last thing New Jersey needs is another public official lying about his past. We’ve had our fill of people who should know better than to shade the truth to their advantage, followed by the tepid non-apology when they get caught. It usually begins “Mistakes were made … ”
That’s why it’s disheartening to hear the faculty union charges against Kean University president Dawood Farahi.
Union president James Castiglione says Farahi misrepresented his academic credentials, listing articles he claimed he wrote as a paid consultant that were never published in academic journals, among other things. “He lied on his résumé, and these are egregious violations of academic integrity,” Castiglione said.
The Kean board of trustees has launched an investigation.
These charges don’t come out of thin air. A large segment of the faculty has been highly critical of Farahi and gave him a vote of no confidence in 2010.
Farahi has made some unpopular changes since he took office in 2003.
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