STEVEN R. JACKSON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, FORMER DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY
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(October 7, 2008) The Carter Bunch A Look at How George Carter's Politics May Ruin the Nail Administration Have no doubts about it, EFIB chairman George Carter is on a mission to bring down the new Lance Nail administration of USM's College of Business. And, with the hiring and firing and "friendraising" efforts he has made over the past two decades, he may indeed pull it off before it is all over. This column is Part 1 in a three-part series of opinion pieces that will attempt to explain just how Carter may pull off the coup that some in the CoB are hoping for and others are nervous about.
(October 8, 2008) O.B. SAIS Director Steven Jackson Responds to Jim Henderson's Absence It was only 24 hours after USMNEWS.net received the opinion piece entitled "Fore Fouls" -- a column admonishing associate professor of accounting Jim Henderson's decision to skip an exam after assigning proctoring duties to Melissa McIntyre, SAIS' administrative assistant -- before SAIS Director Steve Jackson was compelled to send a blanket e-mail to all SAIS faculty admonishing the decision himself. That e-mail, which is inserted below, was written by Jackson in true CoB administrator fashion -- that is, because Henderson has been so useful to CoB administration in recent months, the "sin" was called out, not the "sinner."
(October 9, 2008) Dear USMNEWS: As usual Dr. Jackson has missed the point of the exercise. In your piece "O.B. SAIS Director Steven Jackson Responds to Jim Henderson's Absence," Jackson's email misses the point of Henderson's "sin"; it is not just using the department's administrative assistant in that manner, Henderson and all others should not use graduate assistants (GAs) in that way either.
(October 19, 2008) Special Report "Gappy" An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials This installment in the Special Report series makes use of two of EFIB chairman George Carter's famous phrases. These are "gappy" and "in print." The first is often used by Carter in describing holes in a particular faculty member's publication record. The second is increasingly used by Carter to let young, untenured faculty understand that only journal articles that have actually been published by a journal, not those that are "in press" or "forthcoming," count toward tenure and promotion.
(November 11, 2008) Getting To Know Your Cob Up Close And Personal (Under Oath) We continue “Getting to know your CoB up close and personal (under oath) …” with untenured associate professor and Interim Director of School of Accountancy and Information Systems Steven Jackson.