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(November 28, 2007) The Rise and Fall of CoB Dynasties A Look at CoB Politics Through the Lens of the 2007 Merit Raise Process Much has already been reported about the 2007 merit raise process in the CoB. This report re-visits that process from a different angle of sorts, by examining the unit-level raise data. Table 1 below presents unit-based rankings according to mean and coefficient of variation statistics computed from the 2007 CoB Merit Raises list that is available at www.usmnews.net.

(November 30, 2007) Special Report Is the CoB it’s Own Little World? A Look at the Results of the Faculty Welfare Survey from Fall ‘07 At the beginning of fall semester 2007, USM faculty completed a “faculty welfare survey” that was sponsored by USM’s Faculty Senate. These surveys were filled out by CoB faculty at their respective Aug/Sept-07 departmental meetings. Recently, the FS’s Faculty Welfare Committee released the results of these surveys in a format that shows a college-by-college ranking of “faculty concerns” that are based on the information obtained from the surveys. USM faculty addressed six areas of potential concern through that fall 2007 survey.

(December 5, 2007) Special Report Withering on the Vine? A Look at the CoB Faculty Numbers, 1991-2007 The recent Special Report about the merit raises of CoB Deans ("Dean ME") revealed some data that represent a disturbing trend facing USM's College of Business. Since the early 1990s, the CoB's faculty ranks have fallen from 80 faculty (1993) to 62 faculty (2007). This represents a 22.5 percent decline in the number of faculty over the 15-year period.1 The picture from 1991 to 2007 is represented in the figure below:

(January 9, 2008) Special Report Kaetsu Who? An Investigative Series on the Use of the CoB for Personal Gain The news that the CoB's Interim Dean, Alvin Williams, will be joining the South Alabama business faculty at the end of June of 2008 is still hitting the ears of those in the CoB and beyond. Williams' looming departure now raises a new question: Who will hold the Kaetsu Distinguished Professorship in International Business during the 2008-09 academic year?

(February 5, 2008) Special Report Instability Within the CoB An Investigative Report on CoB Demographics The recent installment in the Special Report series entitled "Transient Independent Contractors Dominate CoB" revealed that 38 of the CoB's 72 faculty are untenured, which means that more than one-half (52.8 percent) of the CoB's faculty ranks is not fully secure in their future prospects. Additionally, 20 of the 72 CoB faculty (27.7 percent) do not even hold a tenure-track position.

(February 8, 2008) Breaking News CoB's LaFleur Wants "Coast Country Club" LONG BEACH – USM Provost candidate, Donald Bobbitt, got what must have seemed to him to be an unloaded question from CoB marketing professor, Beth LaFleur, during the 6-Feb-08 Open Session at USMGC. LaFleur pointed out that USM wants to be thought of as "one University" when it comes to the two campuses in Hattiesburg and Long Beach. However, LaFleur informed Bobbitt that she was of the opinion that the "one University" theme fails in several areas. As an example, she offered up what sources say was a "softball" by explaining to Bobbitt the senseless need by USM to have a uniform final exam schedule for both campuses.