By Heather Haddon

Kean University will continue to face scrutiny by a national college commission after the New Jersey school failed to fully satisfy monitors reviewing its accreditation status.

“This is a very serious development,” said James Castiglione, president of the Kean Federation of Teachers, a faculty union that is in a bitter fight with university president Dawood Farahi.

On Friday, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education determined that Kean had made progress in its efforts to overcome deficiencies with its accreditation. ”Some work has been done that is very positive, but there is more that needs to be done,” said commission spokesman Richard Pokrass.

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