GEORGE C. CARTER, FORMER CHAIRMAN, FORMER DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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(September 24, 2006) 31st & Pearl The Carter Doctrine "It's been about 10 years since EFIB chair George Carter's
first stint as a department chair ended - and badly. CoB lore has it that Carter was the only USM "official" seated at
the surrender table as Trellis Green brought an end to the assault on his own prospects for promotion to associate
professor. As the story goes, Carter was pushed to the fore by other administrators when the pursuit of Green had
reached its lowest point, and USM conceded defeat...".
(September 25, 2006) usmpride.com News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEVELOPING STORY September 25, 2006
HATTIESBURG --- "In an effort to fill in some of the missing pieces of the earlier story on Scholar in Residence Ray
Canterbery’s departure, investigators at usmpride.com have received teaching load information from economics
professor Frank Mixon. At our request Mixon sent the information in text form and our investigators have tabulated
that information, as shown in the table below...".
(September 26, 2006) George Carter & Another Bad Decision – Minitab Statistical Software A document obtained
from a CoB Assessment Committee member by usmpride researchers indicates that one “Perceived Problem” in the
CoB’s assessment is that CoB students have “Poor Statistical Skills.” The “Corrective Action” to be taken is that the
CoB will “Use Minitab For All Statistics Classes.”
(September 28, 2006) 31st & PearlCarter's Minitab Two-Step "The recent revelation that George Carter has declared
that use of Minitab will be the solution to the CoB's perceived learning problems in statistics is yet another crack in
the foundation of Carter's ethics cover. This one is special because it involves the AACSB accreditation process, and
it goes to show that Carter will say and do anything to help the second floor gang's attempt to create the appearance
of caring about the quality of the CoB's educational services. If you wanted examples of how they are 'making stuff
up,' here's one...".