Eco Terminal

(August 19, 2009) Did the INSIDE HIGHER ED Article Work? CoB economists George Carter and Mark Klinedinst were interviewed by INSIDE HIGHER ED's Jack Stripling for Stripling's 14-August-09 article entitled "Cruel Irony." Many followers of developments in USM's CoB saw the interview as an attempt by the two to disparage CoB dean Lance Nail and the USM administration for deciding to eliminate the CoB's economics major and 9 tenured/tenure-track economists.

(August 14, 2009) "Bonaparte Terminated After 2008-09 -- In an interview with INSIDE HIGHER ED's Jack Stripling about the recent elimination of USM's economics programs - for Stripling's 14-August-09 article entitled "Cruel Irony" - CoB economics professor George Carter provided Stripling with a copy of letter that Carter is circulating, and that he (Carter) believes makes a case against USM's decision to terminate the economics faculty...".

(August 20, 2009) "Dakhlia Back in Focus: CoB associate professor of economics Sami Dakhlia (pictured below) appears to now be the focus of discussions over at the website Economics Job Market Rumors. This is so because he is believed to be the individual attempting to let the economics community know about the plight of the CoB's economists, who were all recently terminated by the USM administration in an attempt to save $1 million in state funding...".

(August 21, 2009) " Gunther Joins Klinedinst's Army -- Former USM CBA dean and current CoB economics professor William Gunther (pictured below) has become the third full professor in ECO to speak publicly about the USM administration's decision to eliminate the CoB's economics majors and its 9 tenured/tenure-track faculty...".

(August 21, 2009) Klinedinst vs. von Herrmann: How the Elimination of ECO is Affecting Relationships at USM "The big news around USM may be the recent drop from Tier III to Tier IV status (as per U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2010), but the battle brewing between economics professor Mark Klinedinst (pictured below) and CoAL dean Denise von Herrmann did not escape most readers of the 20-Aug-09 issue of The Student Printz...".

(August 27, 2009) "And the Beat Goes On: Once again The Hattiesburg American’s higher education reporter Ed Kemp was on the scene, this time to cover the 24-Aug-09 verbal appeals of the Saunders administration’s $8 million budget cuts, and to observe the USM students’ silent protest of the termination of the CoB’s 9 tenured/tenure-track economists...".

(November 17, 2009) June 30th "Looking ahead to June 30th, what is going to happen if the 5 Economics “retirees” do not retire? As has been reported here previously, no one on either side was willing to commit to this “agreement” in writing: the “retirees” would not submit letters of retirement without assurances...".

(November 23, 2009) Memory Lane "The old USMNEWS.net stories about the fall of economics at USM really paint the picture of just what went wrong on the 3rd floor of JGH since former EFIB chairman George Carter took control of the department reins (for the second time) back in 2005...".

(April 29, 2010) Help a Dean Out: USMNEWS.net Readers Respond with List of Names to Teach Economics in CoAL "Since running Saved by Departures, a number of USMNEWS.net readers have responded with names of USM faculty, inside the CoB and out, who are qualified to teach economics courses for CoAL...".

(May 4, 2010) Is it Too Late to Rescind Klinedinst’s Tenure and Promotions? Error in Reports of ECO Professor’s Publications Trail Reveals Further Weakness "Numerous reports here at USMNEWS.net have reflected on the shaky journal publications record of retiring economics professor Mark Klinedinst...".

(May 5, 2010) Is CoAL-ECO Coming Apart at the Seams? Comments from von Herrmann and McBride Indicate as Much "Samantha Schott’s 4-May-10 report for The Student Printz entitled “The university must hire two new economics professors” reveals some of the details of difficulties being faced by CoAL dean Denise von Herrmann in keeping the fledgling CoAL-ECO program together...".