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(January 11, 2007 ) What Will Doty “SAIS” Now? The CoB was told that Dr. Stan Lewis was hired for one year as Interim Director of SAIS (School of Accountancy and Information Systems). During that year, despite it being the same year as final preparation for and visitation by an AACSB re-accreditation team, Doty would initialize and Barry Babin, Chairman of Marketing and Management, would lead a nationwide search for the new SAIS Director. Does Dr. Babin have a vast knowledge of accounting? No. Information Systems? No. Great experience as a chairman? No. A lot of experience running searches? Not exactly. The reason for Babin’s positioning here is obvious: he and Doty are one, so control is maintained.

(January 14, 2007 ) Above Your Pay Grade? Military men (and women) often use expressions that reflect their experience in the military. One such expression is “That’s above your [my, our] pay grade.” This saying is used to indicate that the recipient of the statement has no business involving himself or herself in whatever “that” is. This particular expression has been (over)used by EFIB Chair George Carter through the years as part of his crusade to create a culture of detached submission among rank and file faculty, but the concept is supported by almost all administrators in the CoB.

(January 16, 2007 ) “Hurtful Language” As most of you know, I am not part of the Economics, Finance and International Business Department (EFIB) of USM’s CoB. I am a professor in the School of Accountancy and Information Systems. Therefore, I had not heard the prepared speech Dr. Carter gave his colleagues in support of subverting a legitimate faculty governance vote. However, I did read Dr. Carter’s report of that meeting. Dr. Carter claims that words used in a usmpride.com report entitled “45 Minutes” justified his decision to nullify duly elected governance in EFIB because he feared the language on this board was “uncomplimentary, derisive, or hurtful”. He wanted to silence his faculty. Let’s review Chairman Carter’s behavior and measure it in accordance with the imposition of his “hurtful” language principle.

(January 17, 2007)8-Dec-06 CoB Meeting News Bytes George Carter admitted that neither he nor anyone else affiliated with USM authored the Participating and Supporting Faculty Standards document. He claimed that all sorts of schools are using that document for AACSB Accreditation purposes.

(January 11, 2007) Doty’s Legacy, and Gall "CoB Dean Harold Doty has gall. He has the gall to stand in front of CoB faculty, as he did in December of 2006, and critically remark that former CBA Dean Joseph Greene’s standard for raises was “who had the children last.” It takes gall to make such a statement when one’s own standard seems to be “who has the biggest mortgage” or “who has the most expensive lifestyle.” Doty’s CoB is far from a meritocracy. In fact, Greene’s college may have been more like a meritocracy than Doty’s, now that USM has ushered in the research focus that was not part of Greene’s world...".