By Cheryl Hehl, Staff Writer
UNION COUNTY — The potential tenure of 10 Kean University faculty members was left hanging in the balance this week, jeopardizing key programs, according to the Kean Federation of Teachers, the faculty union representing teachers at Kean University.
KFT President James Castiglione admitted Tuesday he was shocked to hear Kean Vice President of Academic Affairs Jeffrey Toney had given a negative recommendation for reappointment for tenure to 9 of the 10 faculty members up for tenure.
Castiglione said this all came on the heels of all 10 of these faculty members receiving unanimous or near unanimous votes at the departmental and college levels. The 10 educators, he said, have appealed the ruling to Kean President Dawood Farahi, who has the option of overturning Toney’s recommendation.
“Needless to say this is a travesty of governance and jeopardizes the academic integrity of our departments,” said the KFT president, questioning the repercussions of not granting tenure, such as who might advise students, teach upper level classes and mentor research projects without full-time tenured positions.
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