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(July 14, 2006) Subtraction by Addition: The 2005 Brandt Award Contest meets the 2004 and 2006 Merit Raise
Processes "Two recent reports on the CoB's Louis K. Brandt Research Award have presented analysis suggesting
that the Award process is increasingly becoming a political one. The stories' legs may actually be getting longer
and stronger. While cross-checking the report on the 2005 Brandt Award, which was won by Barry Babin,
Professor of Marketing, we made use of Babin's SEDONA record (May 5, 2006)...".
(July 16, 2006) Robbing Peter to Pay Paul "... What this analysis also shows is that many of the “Big Raise”
recipients are being carried (in SCH terms) by the “Middle Raise” and “Low Raise” recipients. It’s good to be a
member of the club!"
(July 22, 2006) The USM College of Business “‘Equity Raise’ of 2006” Report "Based on a recent count, there are
about 50 faculty at USM in traditional AACSB fields. Of these, about 26.5% are female, and 73.5% are male (these
numbers do not include those who held major administrative positions in 2005-2006 (i.e., Doty, Niroomand,
Babin, Posey, and Carter) or faculty who are leaving USMbefore 2006-2007...".
(July 27, 2006) The Value of a CoB Degree "Over the past few weeks, we have been drawn to the Gender Equity
question several times (see reports by others at usmpride.com). While examining some raw data, we ran across an
interesting point, one that seems to have financial and management impacts. The table immediately below
presents female faculty, along with their salaries, relevant AACSB Median Salaries, salary as a percentage of the
relevant AACSB Median Salary, as well as rankings based on total salary and percentage of AACSB. The final
column entry is one if the faculty member has a USM degree of any kind...".
EVALUATION, TENURE AND FINANCIAL REWARDS