STEVEN BUSHARDT, FORMER PROFESSOR OF
MANAGEMENT, CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF
MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER
(July 2006) Sedona Files "... This installment examines a number of items regarding
service in the College of Business, along with some discussion of research, teaching, and
academic background items...".
(July 25, 2006) COB Confidential "Just what sorts of things in academia are not
confidential? You might be amazed. We recently visited one of the homepages of The
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education and found some interesting items. For
instance, Stephen Bushardt (Professor of Management) serves on the Journal’s editorial
review board...".
(September 10, 2006) Let Them Eat Chocolate Cake Did Bushardt Improve the CoB's MBA Program? Stephen
Bushardt's (Professor of Management) tenure as Director of Graduate Programs in the College of Business at
USM has been a heretofore overlooked subject. We have seen reports on how he used some of the CoB's budget,
but the details of that use were missing from those reports.
(September 26, 2006) Special Report Is “Connections for Life” Still Alive? An Investigative Series on the use of
the CoB’s Budget "This Special Report examines recently uncovered forms that indicate that the “Connections
for Life” program that was developed by former Director of Graduate Programs and current Professor of
Management Stephen Bushardt may still be around, and that Bushardt may still benefit from it. Readers of
usmpride.com will recall the details of Bushardt’s “Connections for Life” program from earlier reports on this
website. The excerpt below, from the Spring 2001 issue of Joint Venture, explains a little about the development
of “Connections for Life” in the CoB:...".
(October 15, 2006) 31st & Pearl Straight from the 'Hardt "If the past is any indication, Dr. Stephen Bushardt is
probably meeting with new hire Dana Haggard almost daily to convince her that the salary disparities she has
heard about inolving her $78,000 offer today and the $79,750 and $81,000 offers from two years ago that were
made to Brian Gregory and Jennifer Sequeira, respectively, really aren't disparities at all...".