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(December 14, 2009) Getting the Message Does the following mean that some of the faculty at LSU get it? “ The university administration, the report complained, ‘has shown a willingness to ignore the contractual rights of faculty members under the assumption they are unlikely to pursue legal recourse as individuals.’”CHE, December 3, 2009. http://chronicle.com/article/A-Faculty-Uprising-Stirs-at/49282/ Will the faculty at USM get the message too as they watch tenure become less and less meaningful?

(December 15, 2009) CoBers' 2009 Christmas Lists . . . Just for Fun, part 1

(January 6, 2010) . . . breaking news . . . MIS Set to Join FINREBL HATTIESBURG – Reports are now circulating that the CoB's management information systems unit (a.k.a. decision sciences) will soon be joining the department of finance, real estate and business law (FINREBL). All indications were, after eliminating economics from the CoB's menu and moving a small cadre of economists to the College of Arts & Letters (CoAL), that the MIS faculty would be forced to migrate to another CoB department given their relatively small number.

(January 13, 2010) Must Reading for University Administrators Must reading and implementation for university administrators is a report from The Chronicle of Higher Education entitled: “Administrators Must Dispel the Derogatory Myths About Professors”

(updated January 12, 2010) Special Report Don't Blink An Investigative Report on CoB Administration Changes These days in the CoB, if you blink your eyes you face the possibility of not seeing the entire management team change. Changes occurred throughout the Harold Doty administration of the CoB, and they are continuing on through the period of Lance Nail.

(January 15, 2010) HB 329 Dear Colleagues, Many of you may already have seen HB 329. It is only two short paragraphs and a few sentences long. However, it has the potential to deprive us of our property interest in tenure – commencing July 1, 2010. The specific language of the Bill reads:

(February 5, 2010) Teaching Lesson? As teachers, we are always looking for new ways effectively to communicate complex ideas to our students. When the remaining economics faculty move from the College of Business perhaps they will find new tools and techniques to interest their students in the College of Arts and Letters.

(February 10, 2010) GH Chatter Word from the Department of Accounting at the McCoy College of Business Administration, Texas State University-San Marcos, is that one of the accounting faculty at USM’s CoB has tossed a hat in the ring to become their new Chair of the Department of Accounting.

(February 17, 2010) A Change in Opinion A report in the February 17, 2010 Chronicle of Higher Education reports a troubling change in public opinion directed at colleges and universities. According to Public Opinion of Higher Education Continues Downward Slide by Eric Kelderman: