Kean University-Wenzhou was a planned 300-acre (120 ha) Kean University campus located in Wenzhou, in the Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China. It was scheduled to be opened in September 2007 and fully operational by 2010.[1]
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]
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The City of Wenzhou, Wenzhou University and Zhejiang Province selected Kean University as its partner because of a longstanding relationship that started in 2001. Two classes each of 25 Wenzhou officials traveled to Kean University since then and spent 15 months earning Master of Public Administration degrees. These same officials had risen in government positions in the province and reached out to Kean to establish the full University campus in Wenzhou.[1]
On May 8, 2006 Kean University President Dawood Farahi and a Chinese education department official signed the documents that would permit the construction of Kean University in China at a formal ceremony on Kean's Union Township campus. They were surrounded by high-ranking Communist Party officials from Zhejiang, the province where Kean University-Wenzhou would have been located.[1]
All classes would have been taught in English by American professors with all accreditation standards being held to those established by the Middle States Accreditation body, and students would have earned degrees issued by Kean University. Kean was to supply all academic personnel, programs and course materials. Furthermore, students in China would have access to the Kean University library system through the Internet while ensuring that there will be no censorship of available materials. All academic matters would mirror those used in the United States. Kean students would also have opportunities to study in China while paying only the in-state tuition and fees they would pay if residing in New Jersey.[1]
The construction project and all costs of operating the University would have been paid for through tuition and financing provided by the municipal and provincial governments in China. There would have been no cost to Kean University or the state of New Jersey.[1]
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