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(November 21, 2006) CoBscam? A Look at Associate Dean Niroomand’s Journal of Current Research in Global Business Operation Researchers at USMPRIDE.COM have obtained financial records on CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand’s Journal of Current Research in Global Business operation. Numerous reports available at USMPRIDE.COM have investigated the publishing practices of Niroomand and economics professor Edward Nissan. In doing so, the issue of the CoB’s sponsorship of the JCRGB, a journal of dubious quality, has arisen. As the documents presented below in this report indicate, concerns over Niroomand’s use of the JCRGB to garner large raises in the CoB’s evaluation system appear to have been well founded.

(February 27, 2007) Research Records of Departing Marketing Faculty When the news broke on 26-Feb-2007 that three marketing professors were departing the CoB, many wondered what marketing's future prospects were as a result. The news is not so good for marketing, as this brief report indicates.

(March 1, 2007) Roderick Posey's 99 Missing Accounting Articles The screen below was taken from the CoB’s website. As you can see, it offers some information about Roderick B. Posey, Director of the School of Accountancy and Information Systems. Near the bottom of his bio, it states that Professor Posey “has published more than 100 articles in several publications related to many accounting issues.”

(March 18, 2007) Is There A Problem With The Lack Of Quality Of Research In The School Of Accounting And Information Systems And The College Of Business? For many years, I told Dean Doty, Director Posey and many of my accounting colleagues that a portion of our time should be devoted to quality research that would be appropriate for a graduate degree program. Numbers of low level publications might serve a purpose, but AACSB would also expect some quality research from faculty in a graduate program that expects to sustain accreditation.

(March 26, 2007) Operation: Research Rewind Part 1 It’s the mid- to late-1980s in the College of Business Administration at the University of Southern Mississippi. With former Dean Joseph Greene’s retirement and subsequent replacement by Ty Black, the vision for the CBA was one filled with research and an improved regional and national image.

(April 20, 2007) Special Report More Newbies, More Problems An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials One of the big concerns that the CoB’s AACSB Peer Review Team had during their visit to the CoB in February of 2007 was that an alarming portion of the CoB’s “Academically Qualified” faculty were classified as such only because they held newly minted Ph.D.s. By virtue of their designation as newbies, these faculty are allowed (under AACSB guidelines) to be counted as “Academically Qualified” without having to meet the “three scholarly contributions in the past five years” requirement faced by more senior CoB faculty. According to the CoB’s AACSB Maintenance Review Team, the CoB needed to take steps to (1) reduce turnover, and (2) provide a mentoring program for junior faculty who are retained.