(Contains revisions) Following the Yellow Brick Road: A Look at Sources of Doctorates of CoB’s Non-USM Degree-Holders "The USMNEWS.NET reader who made the point that USM degree-holders are likely to also hold Tier III and Tier IV doctorates seems to have struck the nail on the head...".
(Contains revisions) (October 19, 2007 Update) There’s no place like home . . . . . . There’s no place like home: The Prevalence of USM Degrees among the CoB’s Faculty, 2007-08 "... The omission of the three names detailed in the latest two corrections to this report spotlights at least two key ideas. First, the CoB’s website continues to be inadequately maintained. Second, the turnover in the CoB since 2003 has been so dramatic that many members of the CoB don’t even know who their colleagues are anymore...".
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(September 5, 2008) Part XIV Ed? "Ed? Dr. Nissan? Are you back yet?...".
(August 26, 2008) Part XIII (Not) Working 8 to 5, What a Way to Make a Living Once upon a time, CoB administrators were typically in the building from 8:00 to 5:00, Monday through Friday, except for the obvious tings like lunch...".
(August 13, 2008) Part XII "Time to make George happy . . . Again...". For background on this opinion from a reader, please click here.
(August 13, 2008) Part XI Fall 2008 - Another Advantageous Semester for John Clark "As the fall semester approaches in the CoB, we once again find John Clark teaching little to a few...".
(July 8, 2008) Part X The Parham Bridges Chair of Real Estate: Missing in Action "Once upon a time, in what seems like the distant past, some real estate professionals kindly donated money to the CoB to be used in real estate education...".
(July 2, 2008) Part IX "The McCarty Professorship -- Dr. Chang Hsieh is a Professor of MIS and the McCarty Professorship holder for many years...".
(July 1, 2008) Part VIII Former CoB Deans Former deans littering the halls are a problem for any college, but it is especially acute in the CoB...".
(June 18, 2008) Part VII Centers "The CoB must be in the top tier of business schools for the number of “centers” that are meaningless...".
(June 16, 2008) Part VI, Ol’ Number 407 "Accounting 407, Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting, is designed to be, not surprisingly, the study of government and not-for-profit accounting principles...".
(June 12, 2008) Part V When the music stops . . . "When Bill Gunther was ousted as Dean by President Shelby Thames, he received ...".
(June 9, 2008) Part IV "MIS has been under scrutiny - again - recently for a drop in their number of majors. ...".
(June 5, 2008) Part III "For what seems like generations, Ed Nissan has had only first summer term classes (four and one-half weeks)...".
(June 2, 2008) Part II For a long time, first term summer classes were “reserved” for the British Studies gang. This allowed them to double dip by ...".
(May 27, 2008) Part 1 "This new series will highlight undeserved benefits given to CoB faculty members by administrators in the College...".
(September 23, 2008) Part XV Same Old George "George Carter is still at it. Pontificating rather than teaching? Sure, but not that...".
(September 25, 2008) Part XVII "Musical Professorships - MIS The McCarty Professorship was established to provide additional financial rewards for MIS research. In reality, the McCarty Professorship (MP) has lost most of its prestige and meaning after Don Davis relinquished it...".
(September 23, 2008) Part XVI "The Morgan Professorship was established to provide additional financial rewards for accounting research. In reality, the Morgan Professorship has been a rotational toy passed around...".
(September 30, 2008) Part XVIII "Musical Professorships - Real Estate The Parham Bridges Real Estate Professorship, or Real Estate Chair, or Real Estate Fund; it has been so long since anyone has seen evidence of its existence that it is believed to be missing or abducted...".
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(October 28, 2008) Part XX "Springtime for Ed ... Old George Carter hands his publisher another fine schedule for the 2009 spring semester...".
(October 13, 2008) Part XIX "Jim Henderson Now in the Ed Nissan Service Chair ...For a long time Ed Nissan, Professor of Economics (read: statistics), was automatically removed by George Carter, “Chair” of EFIB, from any voted on committee assignment...".
Perks for Buds
(November 19, 2008) Part XXI "Where Now? Donna Davis has just a few weeks left as Interim Graduate Director until the new Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs takes over the controls...".