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(November 9, 2009) GH Chatter There has been some recent buzz about faculty turnover in the CoB. Of course, the old EFIB (and the CoB) will be losing five economists to retirement and four others to the CoAL. Word is that a non-ECO EFIBer may be leaving after 2009-10 as well. Over in MIS we already know that Donna Davis is departing. There has been some chatter that Chang-Tseh Hsieh would be moving on as well, but with his receipt of the University Distinguished Professorship that seems highly unlikely.

(November 9, 2009) 31st & Pearl Turnover Unprecedented It�'s next to impossible to contemplate, as the 9�-Nov�-09 installment of GH Chatter does, even more faculty turnover in USM�'s College of Business. The faculty turnover page here at USMNEWS.net was last updated in early Oct�]-09. At that time it listed 72 faculty -- let�'s repeat that one, 72 faculty -- who have left the organization since former CoB dean Duane Harold Doty arrived on the scene back in 2003. That�'s a turnover rate for the ages.

(November 19, 2009) GH Chatter Speaking of potential legal issues, there was some recent chatter about what a The Hattiesburg American reader noted way back when the CoB economists were publicizing their plan to have the 5 senior professors retire so that the 4 mostly junior professors continue on at USM. The reader noted (online) that the 4 economists staying behind were all foreign-born.

(November 19, 2009) When it Rains, it Pours A Synopsis of USMNEWS.net Brain Drain Data With the faculty who have departed USM's b-school since 2003, the CoB has lost 42 A-level journal publications. Among these, the leaders are Melody Lo (5), Len Trevino (5), Barry Babin (4), Franklin Mixon (4), and Jie Yang (4). Not far behind are Joe Hutchinson (3) and Sunny Wong (3). These seven former CoB faculty represent ECO, IB, MKT, ECO, MGT, ECO and TM.

(December 1, 2009) CoB News, 1 December 2009 Index Lost, updated, 1-December-09 The index below is dedicated to those former CoB faculty who exited the CoB with, or after, the arrival of Harold Doty in 2003. It catalogues (alphabetically) the post-CoB journal publications of those former CoB faculty who departed for other academic institutions after the 2002-2003 academic year. In each case, A-level journal publications are presented in blue font.

(December 10, 2009) Buffoonery Looking Back on the ECO Hiring Debacle of 2006-07 USMNEWS.net's recent reprinting of Part 1 of "Rock, Paper, Scissors --- Rock!" reminds everyone who follows USM's b-school just how disastrous the George Carter administration (2005-09) of the old EFIB department (economics, finance, international business) actually was.

(December 16, 2009) breaking news . . . Hansen Departing the CoB HATTIESBURG – Newly-hired CoB marketing assistant professor John Hansen is departing the CoB after this year. Hansen, who came to the CoB from Northern Illinois University, will be heading east, to the University of Alabama – Birmingham.