(November 29, 2010) The Farm News Briefs from Southern Miss 29-Nov-2010 “Teaching Out” of ECO Getting
More BizarreAll one has to do is read USMNEWS.net’s . . . breaking news . . . story about USM's plan for
“teaching out” the now-defunct B.S. in economics to understand that the institution is at a crossroads when it
comes to maintaining academic integrity in the face of massive budget cuts totaling $25 million over FY11 and
FY12. Now, new evidence is emerging regarding the “teaching out” of ECO that makes USM student Zach
Mansell’s account look positive bycomparison.
ARTICLES CONCERNING
DR. TRELLIS GREEN, FORMER ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS
(October 4, 2010) 31st & Pearl One Heckuva Plan It has been about one year since the Martha Saunders
administration agreed to a plan put forth by the USM b-school economics faculty that would allow the unit,
which had recently been eliminated by the Saunders administration, to survive as a smaller group over in
USM’s liberal arts college.