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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 17, 2006) Salary per Student Credit Hour Taught at USM CoB, 2004-2005
(July 17, 2006) (updated July 30, 2006) Gender and Salaries in USM’s College of Business, 2003-Present
(July 18, 2006) Gender and Salaries in USM’s College of Business, 2003-Present, part II
(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 22, 2006) The USM College of Business "'Market Adjustment Raise' of 2006" Report
(July 26, 2006) George Carter's "Literature Presence" An Investigation into Ad Hoc Policies & Procedures in the CoB "A previous post at usmpride.com, entitled "On the Folly of Believing that the Merit Raise Process is Clean," pointed out that economics and finance faculty were informing others that their chair, George Carter (Professor of Economics), had inserted a number of controversial items into their annual faculty evaluation form. At the center of these allegations is the so-called "Literature Presence" category," a line-item Carter is reportedly using, on a case-by-case basis, to assess the "name recognition" (or lack thereof) of EcoFinIB faculty in their respective fields...".
(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