STEVEN R. JACKSON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, FORMER
DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY
(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.