Charles Jordan

(July 31, 2006) (updated with replies 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:...".

(November 6, 2006) Special Report Doctors Beyond Borders An Investigation into CoB Faculty Residency Data This report responds to a number of requests from usmpride.com readers for a look at CoB faculty who maintain home bases outside of the State of Mississippi. Previous installments in the Special Report series have examined EFIB Chair George Carter’s provision of teaching schedules that allows various EFIB faculty (e.g., Bill Gunther) to maintain living arrangements in neighboring states.

(March 6, 2007) “Without Proper Citation” A Report on the Doty Administration’s Actions in the Days after the AACSB Plagiarism Allegations Although a number of scandals over the past several months have shaken the foundation of Harold Doty’s administration of USM’s College of Business, none have provided as much intrigue as the scandal regarding the allegations that the CoB copied, “without proper citation,” AACSB definitions (for “participating and supporting faculty”) from another institution. After breaking the story in November of 2006, USMNEWS.NET has obtained a batch of official documents that show what appears to be an attempted cover-up, one that fails to heed the ageless political advice that the cover-up is often worse than the incident in question. However, in this case both the alleged incident and the apparent cover-up are particularly egregious. This report recounts, using official documents, the details of both.

(March 7, 2007) 31st & Pearl Disgraceful Exits There’s almost nothing drearier than watching those CoB faculty who are near the end of long careers at USM fall into the sinkhole that the Duane Harold Doty administration has become. The latest, and perhaps saddest, example of such an enterprise is accounting professor Charles Jordan’s attempt to save Doty’s bacon by seeking permission to copy (after the fact), “without proper citation,” Central Missouri State University’s AACSB definitions (for participating and supporting faculty). Yes, you read that correctly – “without proper citation,” and these are Jordan’s own words describing the CoB’s attempt to mask the origin of much of its AACSB documentation.