The Northeastern Illinois University Board of Trustees named Dr. Sharon K. Hahs as President of NEIU effective February 1, 2007. Under Hahs, the Northeastern Illinois University tenured a faculty member with a PhD from a California diploma mill, the unaccredited Pacific Western University (subsequently sold, moved, and renamed), where you could complete your doctorate in a quick two years for a flat fee of $2,595.
Under Hahs, the university has been in a drawn out legal battle against tenured faculty member Loretta Capeheart. A suit by Capeheart accuses former NEIU Vice Provost Melvin Terrell of making a "baseless, slanderous, public accusation that Capeheart had been charged by a student with the felony sex crime of stalking--a statement Capeheart claims can only have been intended to intimidate her as she questioned university hiring policy at a faculty senate meeting." On July 19, Judge Kogal dismissed the case. "On June 20, faculty from a number of Chicago-area campuses joined student activists, NEIU alumni and other supporters for a press conference to speak out against the lower court's ruling and express their determination to continue the fight."
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