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(November 17, 2006) Does EFIB Chair George Carter Follow the Rules? Many long time CoB faculty have historically been under the impression that EFIB Chair George Carter is the “details bureaucrat” who knows all of the rules, and follows them to the letter. Recent events have shaken that belief in many, and another episode has appeared that supports a new view of Carter. This episode involves Carter’s push to move economics and finance courses online. Consider the email below, sent by Carter to the finance faculty in October of 2006

(November 17, 2006) 31st & Pearl Bludgeoned The whole concept of tenure serving as a club over someone's head, to use EFIB Chair George Carter's description, is nothing new among Tier IV colleges and universities. That stated, the CoB's case is interesting, given recent events. Former Management/Marketing Chair Alvin Williams, current Management and Marketing Chair Barry Babin, and CoB Dean Harold Doty seem to be writing all sorts of new procedures and rules to get management and marketing faculty tenured and promoted. From 4th year reviews to so-called "letters of agreement," if anything is being held over the heads of faculty in this department it's little more than a feather.

(November 21, 2006) 31st & Pearl Dear Ernie, Judging from your e-mail response to my summer 2006 assignments, you're going to have to develop a thicker skin to get along around here. I did give two people, Ed and Charles, course releases for the summer. Ed gets one because he's my research buddy. He and I pump out a lot of stuff together, and we brag about it to others when we go to conventions. Charles is helping me write Larry's terminal letter, as well assisting me with other administrative duties for the EFIB. You're neither of these scholars.

(November 22, 2006) The CoB’s 2006 Summer Teaching Deals Explained A previous report at usmpride.com indicated that a few CoB faculty received teaching releases for the summer 2006 semester (see heading below).

(December 4, 2006) The CoB’s Race to Implement Online Instruction A Look Back at George Carter’s Fall 2005 EFIB-L Conversation In an e-mail to EFIB Faculty dated 6-Dec-05, EFIB Chair George Carter began a philosophical discussion of online education. The text of Carter’s exposition follows:

(December 7, 2006) George Carter on Information and Happiness Revisiting the Carter-King E-mail Exchange Regarding Summer 2006 Teaching Loads in EFIB Investigators at USMPRIDE.COM have put together more of the e-mail exchange between EFIB Chair George Carter and associate professor of finance Ernest King about Carter’s use of selective course reductions in summer 2006 teaching loads. We have received word that one USMPRIDE.COM reader remarked, after reading the first report on this matter that was posted to this website, that Carter sounds more like a cult leader than an academic department chair. That may be as good a way of putting as any. This report offers more Carterology, though perhaps of a different sort.