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(April 29, 2007) Are CoB Students Getting Their Money's Worth? by Duane Cobb The question in the title above struck me as an important one after putting some thought into the recent probationary report from the AACSB, the CoB's accrediting agency. A number of reports available here at usmnews.net have built a case for an answer of "no."

(May 18, 2007) Special Report If Duhon Gets to be a Full, Why Can’t Pate? An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials Reporters at usmnews.net have compiled a table that begs an interesting question: If David Duhon gets to be a full professor of management, why can’t Gwen Pate be a full professor of accounting? That table – Table 1 below – presents the refereed journal articles produced by Duhon and Pate over their respective careers. As the bottom of the table indicates, Duhon began at USM in 1988, though he earned his Ph.D. several years earlier in 1981. He was promoted to professor in 2006. Pate began (tenure-track) a little later, in 1990, earning her Ph.D. the following year (1991). She has been an associate professor of accounting since 1997.

(May 24, 2007) Money, Money, Money, Money Consulting and Paid Service in USM’s College of Business This report examines the consulting and paid service that faculty in the CoB are performing, at least according their own SEDONA files (as of May 2007). As you will see below, some of the CoB’s least research-active faculty are engaging in significant amounts of consulting and paid service, all of which enhances their (in some cases bloated) USM salaries. At the bottom of each consulting/paid service bio below, we provide salary data for 2006-07 along with a projected salary for 2007-08. Enjoy.

(July 11, 2007) 31st & Pearl Black Knew Then What We Know Now So many CBA faculty thought it completely silly that, during the Ty Black administration of the college, faculty had to submit actual copies of their scholarship at annual review time. The running joke was that it was bush league, that reputable schools don't operate in that way. Well, Black knows people, at least CoB (then CBA) people, as good as or better than most. Black knew then that co-authors would mix up the citations of their work, as we saw in last year's Sedona records for Stephen Bushardt, David Duhon and Francis Daniel. Black knew then that the accountants could appear to be shifty in reporting their accomplishments.

(October 1, 2007) A College in Crisis by Duane Cobb New USM President Martha Saunders now knows what many of you have known for some time. That is, USM's College of Business is a College in crisis. And, though some in the CoB seem incapable of seeing it, the crisis goes well beyond the AACSB Maintenance of Accreditation process.

(December 24, 2007) CoB News, December 2007 CoB Turf Wars The CoB's recent Distinguished Alumnus Award dinner, hosted for recipient Bruce Aust, was covered by Hattiesburg's society magazine, Signature. Photos from the event appeared in Signature's December 2007 issue.