Kean University board of trustees approves report pushing to maintain accreditation

By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger

UNION — Saying “our actions will predict our future,” Kean University’s board of trustees unanimously approved a report tonight outlining why the school should keep its accreditation.

The report — compiled with the help of more than 250 members of the campus community — will be submitted to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the accrediting group that put Kean on probation earlier this summer after a review turned up numerous problems at the public university.

The trustees convened the emergency meeting on the Union Township campus this afternoon to hear comments from the public. Then, board members spent several hours behind closed doors with the school’s attorneys before emerging to approve the final version of the report.

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