GEORGE C. CARTER, FORMER CHAIRMAN, FORMER DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
(August 30, 2006) Accreditation and Research: Two Sides of the Same Coin? One piece of information that should be
taken from the College of Business faculty meeting held on August 25th (2006) is that the CoB admittedly only takes
accreditation issues seriously sometimes, not all the time. Harold Doty's statements to the point that CoB assessment is
incomplete were supported by David Duhon's statements that the SACS WEAVE database would be the source for
much of the assessment data needed for the AACSB report.
(August 15, 2006) The Past 30 Years: J. Tom Lindley Meets E. Ray Canterbery "After
reading the column posted here the other day about the CoB's hiring of Dr. Ray
Canterbery, it appears as though he is being brought into USM for the sole purpose of
AACSB re-accreditation public relations. I found the quotes from George Carter, the
department chair, very insulting to some of the members of the economics and finance
department. At that time I sought to obtain possession of the e-mail from Carter. Shortly
after getting it, a similar e-mail from Doty, Dean of the CoB was sent out. I have that one
as well. I am pasting these into this file, see below:...".
(August 31, 2006) The EFIB's Committee Governance: What Does it Mean? Reports are now circulating that the EFIB
department selected the committee governance option that includes the chair, George Carter. The other members
elected to that committee governance model are Mark Klinedinst and James Lindley.