ARTICLES CONCERNING
AACSB
(November 3, 2011) . . . breaking news . . . Nail Hits CoB’s AACSB Accreditation on the Head HATTIESBURG –
Reports coming out of USM’s business college suggest that the AACSB Peer Review Team was more than
pleased with what they saw earlier this week in USM’s CoB. As a result, they have reportedly given CoB dean
Lance Nail and USM president Martha Saunders the preliminary word that USM’s CoB will hold on to its AACSB
accreditation for at least another five years.
(January 10, 2012) The Top 10 CoB Stories of 2011 By Duane Cobb Each year at about this time I provide
USMNEWS.net my top ten news items involving USM’s business school for the year. This is Part 3 in that
countdown for the top CoB stories of 2011. 1. AACSB Reaccreditation on First Try – As reported by
USMNEWS.net several weeks ago, CoB dean Lance Nail did what former CoB dean Harold Doty failed to do,
and that is achieve AACSB accreditation for the CoB on his first attempt
(January 16, 2012) USM-CoB's Recent AACSB Reaccreditation: What does it mean? Professors of accounting and
business throughout the country will tell you that AACSB accreditation is a very expensive waste of time.
