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(July 16, 2008) Special Report CoB IB Ed: Going . . . Going . . . Gone An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials A USMNEWS.net reader recently commented that the list of CoB faculty who have exited the CoB since 2003 contains the names of individuals who are arguably the best scholars to have ever represented their particular units in USM's business school. That comment inspired the idea for a new series on the greatest scholars to have graced the suites of each unit in the CoB. Interestingly, the common thread among these individuals is that they were generally brought to USM under the business school leadership of former CBA dean, Tyrone Black. And, among the ones who have left the business school for other pastures (usually greener ones), most of them departed under the leadership of either former CBA dean, William Gunther, or former CoB dean, Harold Doty (usually the latter).

(July 18, 2008) Special Report Hamwi on TopAn Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials In terms of insurance, former CoB professor, Iskandar "Alex" Hamwi, set the tone for all others to follow. Educated at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Hamwi published in The Journal of Risk and Insurance a few times during his academic career. And, at least one of these was a solo-authored contribution.

(July 18, 2008) Special Report Rarefied Air An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials The Special Report series argues that former CoB professor of marketing, Donald Robin, is the most accomplished marketing faculty to have worked in USM's business school. Prior to joining the CoB, Robin had served on the faculty at both the University of Georgia and Mississippi State University. Robin joined USM's business school at a time when Black was dean of the institution. Now, Robin is closing out his academic career the way it began -- at a Tier I institution. Robin is currently the J. Tylee Wilson Professor of Business Ethics at Wake Forest University.

(July 18, 2008) Special Report Beachfront Value An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials The intrigue surrounding the real estate program in USM's business school is one that would make for a good backdrop to a John Grisham novel. It begins with the late Charles Cartee, a former professor of real estate at USM who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the Parham Bridges Real Estate Professorship. For a brief period, at least, Cartee held that professorship. After that, earnings from the PBRE endowment disappeared, at least as far as the relevant CoB faculty were concerned.

(July 19, 2008) Why All of the Hallabaloo? Long before the CoB's AACSB Maintenance of Accreditation Peer Review Team reported back in April of 2007 that there were problems on the scholarly activity front in the CoB, reporters here at USMNEWS.net were writing and posting reports to that effect. And, in some cases at least, these reports were coming out far enough in advance for CoB administrators to act on them, and perhaps cut off some of the CoB's potential AACSB woes before they actually came to fruition. That was not to be, however, as CoB administrators so often squandered the organization's sparse resources on one bad idea or another.