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CoB at a Crossroads, PART 4 "Many followers of the trials and troubles of USM's College of Business believe that the institution has been forever relegated to bottom of the academic food chain. Others recognize the many problems, yet they still have hope that the organization can be turned around...". See also, CoB at a Crossroads Part 3, CoB at a Crossroads PART 2 and CoB at a Cross Roads, Part 1
31st & Pearl, Bloggedy ... Blog ..Blog "Is it just us, or is USM President Martha Saunders’ blog becoming a daily grind that paints a picture of the job of USM’s CEO as a low stress minimal-sweat exercise?...".
Our readers share their thoughts on All the Right Moves: USMNEWS.NET’s Duane Cobb Rates the 5 Most Impressive Departures Since ‘03
31st & Pearl, Can Pascalau be Indoctrinated, then Hired? "The recent revelation about new EFIB economics instructor Razvan Pascalau's loose grading scale reminds one of the many reports here at usmnews.net about grade inflation in the CoB...".
31st & Pearl, Harold Doty Brings "Change You Can Xerox" "They say that "even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then." The same will be true for former CoB Dean, Harold Doty...".
31st & Pearl, CoB’s Image Gets Pasterized "USM President Martha Saunders made it crystal clear (in a recent “President’s Message” installment) that USM’s image is her #1 priority as chief executive...".
31st & Pearl, "Successful Solidification" "In the recent freelance report entitled "Puffery" that appeared on this website on 28 February 2008, we saw how former CoB Associate Dean, Farhang Niroomand, told officials at the United States Department of Education that, through his "untiring" efforts, he (Niroomand) invented the CoB...".
Quizzing Harold by Duane Cobb "Former CoB Dean, Harold Doty, is desperately trying to replace his former title -- Dean. The problem is that none of his potential suitors can get past the reality of the situation. That reality is that a Harold Doty Administration holds all sorts of possibilities, and most of them are bad...very bad...".
31st & Pearl, What did Carter Know, and When Did He Know It? "The recent news report, entitled "By George . . . The Second," delivered some stunning new information about EFIB Chairman, George Carter's, 2006 thoughts on then-CoB Dean Harold Doty...".
31st & Pearl, Williams' Legacy Not Stellar . . . Not Even Close "Almost one year into Alvin Williams' 15-month Interim Dean stint, and it's safe to say that Williams' legacy is not a stellar one. And, that conclusion accounts for the CoB's clean bill of health from AACSB...".
"Dean Niroomand" . . . Who Can Afford That? "The exploits of former CoB Associate Dean, Farhang Niroomand, are so notorious that he has own page in the Archives at USMNEWS.NET. Most of those reports detail the frivolous use of resources than characterizes much of Niroomand’s tenure as an administrator in the business school at USM...".
Positive and upbeat is one thing, this is another "What is the USM President trying to tell us with her latest installment? Here it is:...".
Is Saunders as Good as Foglesong? We'll Know in 15 Months "Many USM constituents are beginning to wonder just how good USM President, Martha Saunders, is...".
Good Time Charlie "Charles Sawyer, CoB retiree, professor at TCU, and confidante to the smiling assassin, George Carter, was once again on his old stomping grounds the Friday before spring break week, sources tell us...".
Hillary missed a chance at this? "In an earlier blog we were informed that Senator Hillary Clinton appearing in Hattiesburg did not fit into Dr. Saunders time schedule so she did not stay to try to meet with her...".
31st & Pearl They Should Know "Not one of the CoB’s former Deans has been able to successfully use the position as a stepping stone to bigger and better administrative posts. That fact includes the two most recent occupiers of the second floor Dean’s suite in Greene Hall, William Gunther and Harold Doty...".
Let’s Take a Moment -- Nail Might be the One by Duane Cobb "I realize that the reports and editorials here at USMNEWS.NET haven’t been critical of CoB Dean candidate, Lance Nail. They have been critical of the process by which the CoB is conducting its business in this instance,...".
31st & Pearl, Anticipating Arnold -- Word to Trapnell "Frostburg State University business school dean, Danny Arnold, will soon be visiting USM to interview for the same position (business dean). Arnold is already a one-time loser when it comes to chasing down the top post at USM's business college,...".
31st & Pearl, Pent-Up Doty "Former CoB Dean D. Harold Doty hasn't held an administrative post in almost 12 months. After resigning as CoB Dean, on 9 April 2008, amidst a cloud of controversy, Doty has tried to land the top position elsewhere, first at Clemson then at Boise State...".
USM's College of Business: A Certified Retirement Community "A number of reports here at USMNEWS.NET have focused on various forms of service dereliction by CoB administrators and the faculty they protect. A good example of the former is...".
On the Pascalau Curve: A Brief Look at the Results of Razvan Pascalau's Grading Scale "A number of reports here at USMNEWS.NET have discussed the CoB's learning deficiencies in managerial statistics...".
And the winner is . . ."There is a run-off election in the CoB for a new Academic Council member. The two contestants are Mark Klinedinst and John Clark...".
AT&T Award Stays in ACC "The CoB’s 2008 AT&T Outstanding Faculty Award was just recently awarded to accounting professor, Charles Jordan. Jordan’s 2008 victory follows the SAIS’, and Accounting’s, 2007 victory, when the Award went to accounting professor and former SAIS Director, Rod Posey...".
Is it Me, or Does Danny Arnold’s Vitae Smell Like Fish? by Duane Cobb The second CoB Dean finalist, Danny Arnold, is coming to visit USM’s campuses next week.
4 May 2006: The Day Carter’s Council of Chairs Dereliction was Good for USM "On 4 May 2006, the USM Council of Chairs held its final meeting of the 2005-06 academic year...".
Tourism Management on the Defensive: An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Credentials "Emma James' 24-Feb-08 article for The Hattiesburg American, entitled 'The inn crowd: USM tourism management offers cross-discipline training,' ...".
31st & Pearl, Restructuring Redux "Restructuring of the College is a topic of conversation in the CoB. Everyone believes logic dedicates that what they want should happen under the next dean...".
"Dear USMNEWS.net, The recent column by Duane Cobb regarding Danny Arnold’s vita was on the money...".
The 6 Degrees of Danny Arnold? Try 2! "A popular college “drinking game” during the 1990s was “The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” in which participants would have to link a randomly named actor or actress to Mr. Bacon using six moves (usually pertaining to movies) or less...".
CoB News, 31 March 2008 "Invisible CoB: Previous Reports as usmnews.net have shown how the CoB is disappearing when it comes to being part of the academic life of the University of Southern Mississippi...".
Forward to Something, or Back to Nothing? How John Clark’s 2008-09 Tenure Decision May Tell the Tale on the CoB’s Next Dean
CoB News, 2 April 2008 "ECO Back in Cite? With about 2.5 months to go before USMNEWS.NET’s annual update to the CoB’s Google Scholar citations totals,...".
Seven-Year Itch; Pitman Wants to Leave SUNY for USM "Glenn Pitman, professor of marketing at SUNY -- Binghamton, has been named the third finalist for the CoB's top position...".
Doty’s Job Search in His Own Words "Much has been written in recent months about the efforts of former CoB Dean, D. Harold Doty, to secure employment as Dean of one business college or another...".
“Like a Sweaty Sock” "On 2 April 2008, CoB faculty and staff received an e-mail from CoB Development Officer, Emile Dieth. In that e-mail, which is inserted below, Dieth informed the CoB that '[e]ffective Friday, April 18, 2008, [he is] resigning [his] position as Development Officer for the College of Business at Southern Miss.'..."
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Why No Niroomand? by Duane Cobb "I must admit that I’m puzzled as to why former CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand is not a finalist for the CoB’s opening at the top (Dean). What’s more, I hear that he did not apply, which is even more puzzling to me...".
Retread Redux - Lunsford Coming Home (Sort Of) "Readers familiar with the USM College of Business’ history will be surprised the learn that the Management Information Systems branch of the School of Accountancy & Information Systems is hiring new faculty once again...".
(April 8, 2008) 31st & Pearl, It’s in the Character, not in the Schooling "The recent Breaking News story (Seven-Year Itch) that indicated that a coalition of CoB faculty is already emerging, even before the final visitor, Glenn Pitman, arrives on campus for an interview, is quite intriguing...".
Old Standbys "The recent report, No Group Does It Like Accounting, highlights many of the accountants’ talent for what former EFIB economist Charles Sawyer describes as 'puffery.'..."
(April 16, 2008) Script Padding: An Investigative Report on the CoB’s New Healthcare Marketing Degree "The new USMNEWS.NET series on former CoB Dean Harold Doty’s bypassing of faculty governance in the CoB (during his 2003-07 administration) is a popular one...".
Klinedinst Sells Out…Again "Former EFIB Chairman and current Professor of Economics Mark Klinedinst has a reputation in the CoB...".
Fewer and Fewer "Elitists" "As the months go by, more and more of what former CBA Dean Ty Black built at USM fades away. This report examines what has become of the current CoB’s elite-level publishers,..".
(April 18, 2008) “No Job for the Faint Hearted” An Examination of the Costs of the CoB’s Recent Faculty Losses "Regular readers of USMNEWS.NET will recall reports of the mass exodus of CoB faculty that occurred in the weeks and months following the February 2007 AACSB Maintenance of Accreditation visit made by the CoB’s AACSB Peer Review Team...".
(April 22, 2008) Do CoB Administrators Count Cites? 2008 CoB Faculty Citations from Google Scholar Back for another year, USMNEWS.NET reporters have put together an updated report on Google Scholar citations for CoB faculty who will be returning to the CoB for the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year.
(April 23, 2008) DONE DEAL? "More than just a few people find the behavior, since coming to the CoB in August of 2006, of assistant professor of economics Sami Dakhlia puzzling...".
(April 22, 2008) CoB News, 22 April 2008 "Is Niroomand Out as Editor of the JCRGB? Many reports here at USMNEWS.NET have focused on former CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand's editorship of the Journal of Current Research in Global Business, a journal of dubious quality that is part of the Association for Global Business...".
(April 28, 2008) PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT COMMENCES WITH A HYPOTHETICAL CoB News, 24 April 2008 "Google Scholar Citations Sluggers The Google Scholars citations analyses here at USMNEWS.NET usually make for some of our more popular reports...".
(April 29, 2008) "Floundering CoB" Making "Half-Hearted" Fundraising Effort "On 25 April 2008, Interim CoB Dean, Alvin Williams, e-mailed members of the CoB’s management team and informed them that Meredith Cothern, the CoB’s new Development Officer, would be visiting the chairs...".
(May 1, 2008) Sleepy Hollow - More on AJW & AACSB "As USMNEWS.NET reporters and correspondents continue to sift through the pile of new documentation from USM (received via a Freedom of Information Act request) regarding the CoB’s 2007-08 6th Year Revew by AACSB, new reports will continue to arrive on the pages of the website...".
(May 1, 2008) "Doing Business @ Southern Miss . . ." "As USMNEWS.NET reporters and correspondents continue to sift through the pile of new documentation from USM... regarding the CoB’s 2007-08 6th Year Review ...".
(May 2, 2008) Those (Dotys) Whom CoB Administrators Hath Joined Together (on the Cob Payroll) Let No Man (Dissenter) Put Asunder "The prevalence of spousal hires...".
(May 2, 2008) CoB News, 2 May 2008 "Is ChevronTexaco Funding Division Between CoB-H - CoB-GC? Charmaine Williams’ 1-May-08 presser entitled “Southern Miss College of Business Awards Outstanding Gulf Coast Students for 2007-08” indicates that,...".
(May 5, 2008) Clark Elected to Graduate Council, CoB Admin Will be Watching "Just as predicted by a USMNEWS.NET reader, sources tell our reporters that associate professor of finance, John Clark, was indeed elected as one of the CoB’s representatives...".
(May 7, 2008) Glancing Back "Two years ago, here was how the Harold Doty administration handed out the booty. How did they do?...".
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(May 14, 2008) Lance Nail & the 'Bama Boys: An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials "Even with the hiring of UAB's Lance Nail still being delayed for one reason or another, the CoB's faculty are preparing themselves for a Nail administration of the College...".
(May 16, 2008) Did Nail Negotiate a Promotion? "Now that UAB's Lance Nail has agreed to terms with USM President Martha Saunders, he will be joining the CoB on 1-July-08 as its fifth permanent dean, ...".
(UPDATE MAY 21, 2008) (May 19, 2008) Is Doty Lucky to be at USM? "The new USMNEWS.NET series, "Carrying HoDo . . .," has been a popular one among our readers...".
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(August 6, 2008) Course Raiders -- How CoB is Losing Control over Business Courses at USM
(August 6, 2008) USM to Offer On-Site Instruction at Pearl River CC "On 6-August-08, USM announced a new partnership with Pearl River Community College in Poplarville...".
(UPDATE --August 18, 2008) The CoB's Brain Drain, 2003-Present, An Illustrated History "There is little argument with the notion that the College of Business at USM has been severely diminished by the faculty flight that has occurred since former CoB dean, Harold Doty,..".
(August 11, 2008) Textbook Bad Press: CoB Once Again Finds Itself in Middle of an Ill-Timed Controversy "'Outraged yet resigned to the inevitable, [USM] students will shell out big bucks this week for textbooks that they probably can't sell back.'"
(August 8, 2008) MADMEN: A Look Back at the Marketing Empire that Almost Was by Duane Cobb "All of the discussion around USMNEWS.net about "the greatest ever" scholars in each of the CoB's units raised some interesting conclusions...".