GEORGE C. CARTER, FORMER CHAIRMAN, FORMER DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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October 24, 2006) Special Report How Many Decades Equals "Established?" An Investigation into Course Scheduling in
the CoB "This Special Report examines the spring 2007 teaching schedule in the EFIB. Sources tell usmpride.com that
EFIB Chair George Carter provided soft schedules to the newly hired economists because they "are not established in the
profession yet." This report looks at the spring 2007 teaching schedule of one of the two new hires in economics, Akbar
Marvasti. Marvasti's spring 2007 schedule is presented below:...".
(October 28, 2006) 31st & Pearl Carter's Misguided Views "Recent reports at usmpride.com have completely razed EFIB
Chair George Carter's explanation of how the spring 2007 teaching schedules in the EFIB were constructed. In one way or
another, person after person in the EFIB was given preferential scheduling treatment so that Carter could wage war on
various other EFIB faculty members. It's instructive that BA 301-]level analysis buried Carter's "balancing" explanation.
Again, what does Carter teach?...".
(November 1, 2006) The Curious Case of the Missing Economics Line Or, Anatomy of An Administrative Deal "It starts, of
all places, at USMGC. In May 2006, newly promoted Associate Professor of Economics David Sharpe resigns from USM
to take an industry job. This is a crippling blow to the economics fiefdom carefully constructed over fifty years by the
likes of Joseph Greene, Ty Black, George Carter, Charles Sawyer, and Farhang Niroomand. Having just lost Assistant
Professors Sunny Wong and Melody Lo from the Hattiesburg faculty, Sharpe’s departure leaves economics short 3
members overall. Lo and Wong’s departures were expected, however, and Sawyer and Carter were able to make two
hires – Akbar Marvasti and Sami Dakhlia – but were denied the opportunity to hire a replacement for Sharpe, even on a
Visiting basis...".