(July 16, 2007) 31st & Pearl Fait Accompli Governance The term "fait accompli" may contain most of the letters needed
to spell "faculty," but the terms "faculty governance" and "fait accompli governance" couldn't be further apart. This
distinction is an important one because USM's College of Business is rapidly moving to the fait accompli governance
end of the spectrum. Whether it's the consolidation of faculty, or worse yet -- the termination of faculty -- the CoB's
move to a governance-by- irreversible deeds model is picking up speed with each passing day.
GEORGE C. CARTER, FORMER CHAIRMAN, FORMER DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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(July 20, 2007) Breaking News EFIB Search Committee Favors Ms. Doty HATTIESBURG – An e-mail written by EFIB
Chairman George Carter (to EFIB faculty) regarding the EFIB’s search for a new Director of the CoB’s Center for
Economics Education has been provided to news staff at USMNEWS.NET. The contents of that e-mail are interesting,
and deserve attention. That e-mail, sent out on 20-July-2007, is inserted below:
(July 20, 2007) Breaking News EFIB Hires Ranck as Associate Director of the BBER Gautier – In a move that sources
say will come as another surprise to EFIB (and CoB) faculty, EFIB Chairman George Carter has hired Dr. Edward Ranck
as the Associate Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research. In a 20-July-2007 USM Press Release (see
below), USM constituents learn that Ranck has been hired as the Associate Director of the BBER, which is now located
at USM’s Jackson County teaching site in Gautier. Ranck received a doctorate from the University of Kentucky in 1976,
giving him a connection to the BBER’s Director, professor William Gunther.. (Editor's note -- Dr. Ranck does not
currently appear on the USM directory)
(July 21, 2007) Sins of Omission What George Carter Failed to Tell EFIB Faculty about J. Corey Miller On 20-July-2007,
USMNEWS.NET released a Breaking News story regarding the EFIB’s search for a new Director of its Center for
Economics Education. That story presented a troubling e-mail from EFIB Chairman George Carter to EFIB faculty,
stating that a national search for the Directorship generated just two (2) applications – one from Corey Miller of
Mississippi State University and the other from Susan Doty, wife of former CoB Dean D. Harold Doty, and currently
serving as the CEE’s lead economics education provider (to K-12 teachers in Mississippi). That news story indicated
how Carter had presented Doty’s case for the Directorship in the best possible light, while at the same time
downgrading Miller’s qualifications for the post. Carter also indicated in the same e-mail that the CEE search
committee, consisting of Carter, William Gunther, and Akbar Marvasti, favored Doty’s candidacy over that of Miller.