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The president of Kean University dismissed critics of his school's decision to spend $219,000 on a high-tech conference table, according to a report on NorthJersey.com.
The school did not put the project out to bid and picked a company in Shanghai to strengthen ties with the Chinese government. Kean recently opened a branch campus in China.
Kean didn't need get other price quotes because the "acquisition of artifacts or other items of unique intrinsic, artistic or historic character" don't require bidding.
The table is oak with a cherry veneer and seats 23. Among its features are an illuminated map of the world in a glass panel, microphones and data ports, the report said. It also has a motorized, two-tiered glass turntable.
Conference tables for other universities in the state have been built at about a tenth the cost.
Dawood Farahi, the school president told NorthJersey.com it was "small minded" to make inquiries about the cost of the table and answered, "why not?" three times when asked why it was necessary.
The table was installed on the top floor of what will be the university's new architecture school.
Ha ! Why not ? Delusional people, it's easy to say why not when it don't come from their pockets . I wonder when the people of Nj will grow some nuts and take action against stupidity.
The implication is that buying the table is a bribe of some sort, but I can't imagine what Kean would want from the Chinese government to warrant such a bribe.
The implication is that buying the table is a bribe of some sort, but I can't imagine what Kean would want from the Chinese government to warrant such a bribe.
Kean has been trying to branch out with a branch of their University in China.
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Kean University-Wenzhou would have been China’s first full-scale American-style university in 2007, but the plans became caught up in red tape in the Beijing government.[2] In December 2011, the Chinese government ultimately approved Kean University’s preliminary plans to establish a degree-granting branch campus in Zhejiang Province. The branch campus will begin as a three-year pilot program between Kean and Wenzhou University, with Chinese provincial and municipal governments funding the construction and operation.
I could've gotten them a good Chinese knock-off for only $109,500!
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