Dawood Farahi is an Afghan-American academic administrator who served as president of

Kean University Kean University () is a public university in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey, Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as th ...

from July 1, 2003 to May 2020.

Early life and education

Farahi was born and raised in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. He relocated to the United States to with limited English skills to earn his

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, studying at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

as a Fulbright Scholar.

Career

Farahi began his career at

as a professor in the public administration program. Since joining Kean, questions have been raised about the validity of Farahi's resume. Faculty members at Kean have stated that Farahi's resumes have included "erroneous claims of publication and other misleading statements." After an investigation was launched in 2012, the university's board of trustees voted to retain Farahi by a vote of 7–4. During Farahi's tenure, the university has also struggled with maintaining accreditation. In July 2012, the university was placed on probation by the

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for failing to meet academic standards. In August 2018, it was announced that the public administration master's program would lose its accreditation at the start of the fall semester. In August 2019, it was announced that Farahi would retire at the end of the 2019–2020 academic year.

References

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