on September 26, 1997, becoming Kean University of New Jersey.
Kean University is the fourth-largest institution of higher education in New Jersey and currently comprises five colleges and the Nathan Weiss Graduate College. Kean University also hosts research institutions including the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics, the Kean University Human Rights Institute, the Holocaust Resource Center, the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center, and Liberty Hall. It has a satellite campus in Toms River, New Jersey, a campus in the Skylands Region of New Jersey, and an international campus in Wenzhou, China. In early 2025, Kean University submitted a proposal to acquire New Jersey City University (NJCU). On March 5, 2025, the NJCU Board of Trustees voted to move forward with the proposal. The proposal changed the name from NJCU to Kean Jersey City.
== History ==
=== Livingston-Kean Estate ===
==== Livingston, Hamilton, and the American Revolution ====
The building of the estate on which …
