ARTICLES CONCERNING
EVALUATION, TENURE AND FINANCIAL REWARDS
(July 17, 2007) Special Report A New Breed: The CoB’s Clinical Teaching Professorship An Investigative Series on the
Use of the CoB for Personal Gain Recent reports at usmnews.net have spotlighted former CoB economics professor
Charles Sawyer’s final year in the CoB (2006-07). Sawyer, now a visiting professor of economics at the University of
Arkansas, taught two overload courses as a professor in USM’s College of Business during the 2006-07 academic year.
It has been reported that Sawyer earned “more than $107,000” for the 2006-07 academic year, and a recent report in
this series entitled “Sweet November” indicated that Sawyer was paid (1) $1,500 in Nov-06 for overload teaching, and
(2) $2,300 in Nov-06 through a BAC Professorship.
(August 2, 2007) Memo to Osmonbekov: You’re Not Valued Here Whether assistant professor of marketing Talaibek
Osmonbekov realizes it yet, the evidence is mounting to suggest that the CoB no longer, assuming it ever did, values
his services. The recent publication of the CoB’s 2007 merit raises solidifies the case, as the analysis below shows.
(August 3, 2007) The Per$ianization of the 2007 Merit Rai$e Proce$$ The results of the 2007 merit raise process have
been released, and the data show that former CoB Associate Dean and professor of economics Farhang Niroomand,
and associate professor of economics Akbar Marvasti, both natives of Iran, were big winners. The two garnered about
$14,000 in raise monies out of a single A-level journal publication combined. Meanwhile, a number of CoB faculty
with multiple A-level publications over the 2004-present raise window (e.g., Talai Osmonbekov, etc.) received
insulting raises, ranging from just over $1,000 to about $4,500.