Financial Rewards3

(July 27, 2006) Who Now Holds the Kaetsu Professorship? An Investigation into Missing(?) Supplemental Funds in the CoB "A number of usmpride.com readers have queried regarding the current whereabouts of the Kaetsu Distinguished Professorship in International Business. Some time ago we began an investigation into its whereabouts, and what we have uncovered to date is presented below...".

(July 27, 2006) About SEDONA: A Mock Interview with a CoB Administrator [Disclaimer: The interview below never really occurred. What you see represents a "mock interview" with a CoB Administrator. However, the statements we present as answers to our mock questions are real, and were written by actual [and current] CoB administrators at some point since October of 2005. They serve to show the administration's frenzy about completing the Sedona files leading up to the 2006 evaluation period]

(July 31, 2006) The College of Business in US News & World Report "The table immediately below presents the average tier ranking of CoB faculty terminal degree by area (alphabetically):...".

(July 31, 2006)(updated with responses from Dr. Jordan) SEDONA Files "... Some of the latest documents appearing on usmpride.com have focused on so-called agreements between Doty and various faculty in the CoB that deal with “navigation” of the promotion and tenure process. This issue of SEDONA Files touches on some of these controversies. We turn our attention to the SEDONA records of Charles Jordan, Professor of Accounting. In the Service to the University section, the following entries appear in Jordan’s SEDONA records:...".

(July 30, 2006) (updated July 31, 2006) The Alternate Route to Tenure in the CoB Most USM faculty think that the route to tenure at the institution is paved with scholarship, service, and instruction, or as they are usually known: teaching, research, and service. The USM Faculty Handbook provides the following guidance regarding tenure:

(August 2, 2006) 31st & Pearl USMpride.com or Your Lyin' Eyes? "�We are all just a few weeks into usmpride.com's process of "opening up" the CoB's evaluation system. With all of the documentation coming out we can't help but believe that the cadre of CoB administrators and their sycophants will be doing their level best to convince you that you have lyin' eyes. Sure, you don't want to believe that the CoB evaluation system is corrupt, but the evidence is mounting�"