(March 1, 2011) The Axis of Awful A Guest Editorial The story of the saga involving a handful of East Texas universities, and the cadre of former USM administrators that appears to be damaging them, has been a hot item on this website. That cadre of former USM executives – former USM provost Tim Hudson, former USM vice president for finance Gregg Lassen, former USM business college dean Harold Doty, former USM health college dean Peter Fos, former USM business college associate dean Farhang Niroomand, and former USM MBA director Stephen Bushardt – worked at USM during, if not before, the Shelby Thames administration (2002-07).

ARTICLES CONCERNING
STEVEN BUSHARDT, FORMER PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT, CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER

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(April 26, 2011) Cesspool President A GUEST EDITORIAL The recent news reports and editorials here at USMNEWS.net about the USM-related mess at the University of Texas at Tyler provides a cautionary tale for those seeking to land a top-level administration position in higher education. UT at Tyler president Rodney Mabry hasn’t handled the mess very well thus far, and with former USM business college dean Harold Doty at the center of it all, that lack of managerial acumen will most likely come at great cost to the UT at Tyler community. From misdeeds by Doty and former USM management professor Stephen Bushardt, to an anti-Doty letter circulating within the Tyler business community, to Mabry’s misdirected swipe at rectifying the boiling situation, things at UT at Tyler have been testy and getting worse for some time now.

(May 9, 2011) Have You Seen These Bad Administrators? Bringing the Genius of The Student Printz to Tyler During the tumultuous Shelby Thames administration (2002-07) of USM, the student newspaper, The Student Printz, stood strong in the face of a heavy-handed set of administrators. As a result, much of TSP’s coverage of that controversial presidency is memorable to so many who fought (1) against the Thames administration, and (2) for the institution alongside TSP.

(May 9, 2011) Special Report The Tyler Pile Documents Pouring in from East Texas-Based Institution Like a raging river, documents and materials regarding the chaos occurring now at the University of Texas at Tyler are flowing into the news offices at USMNEWS.net. One interesting arrival is a set of e-mails involving Harold Doty, the former b-school dean at USM (2003-07) who is now in charge of the b-school at UTT.

(October 7, 2011) Dear usmnews.net, Any idea what role Stephen Bushardt played in the St. John story?

(October 10, 2011) Dear usmnews.net, For the benefit of your readers in Tyler, would you run a couple of stories about Stephen Bushardt? Anonymous