DR. AKBAR MARVASTI,
FORMER ECONOMICS PROFESSOR
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(November 9, 2007) 31st & Pearl Reputation Snatchers The recent Special Report on Akbar Marvasti's decision to recycle an 8 year old study for presentation on "EFIB Fridays" goes a long way, as so many other recent EFIB activities have, toward bringing the EFIB back down to earth. For years various CoBers have touted, to excess, the so-called accomplishments of the EFIB. Given recent reports about tales of Edward Nissan ushering in academic research in the college to stories about Charles Sawyer's abilities to read recommendation letters for unstated content, the other CoB units are now in position to snatch their own (relative) reputations back.
(November 9, 2007) Special Report EFIB Groundhog Days An Investigative Series on the Use of the CoB for Personal Gain Usmnews.net recently received a copy of the following e-mail, sent (on 7-Nov-07) to all CoB faculty by the CoB’s Alternative Learning Coordinator, Sonia Gaines-Littles.
(November 15, 2007) Dear usmnews.net, I have seen that Jon Carr's recent publication in The Academy of Management Journal is prominently displayed now in the Greene Hall publication case. That is an outstanding accomplishment for Jon and for the College. What I would like know, and I am sure something other business faculty want to know, is why such a distinction earned Jon only the sixth biggest merit raise (2007) in the whole College. Not one of the people in front of Jon (Mike Wittmann, Sami Dakhlia, Akbar Marvasti, Alvin Williams and John Clark) deserve anything close to the raise that Jon should have gotten this year. The fact that they all got more than he did is terrible.
(November 19, 2007) 31st & Pearl On the Folly of Rewarding Dakhlia for Osmonbekov's Successes The recent letter to the editor of usmnews.net about Jon Carr's raise highlights the problematic structure of the CoB's 2007 "merit" raises. Carr's recent publication in The Academy of Management Journal brought "merit" in buckets, only his fifth-largest raise fell short of what was expected by all. These days it seems that being either John Clark, Michael Wittmann, Sami Dakhlia, Akbar Marvasti, or Mary Anderson is a necessary, and perhaps sufficient, condition for success, at least of the financial sort, in the CoB.
(November 19, 2007) How the EFIB's "Quick-Strike Promotion & Raise" Program Works Much has been written about the EFIB's so-called "Quick-Strike Promotion and Raise" program. It is perhaps best explained by the following anecdote. According to sources, in his 2007 P&T support letters for Dakhlia and Akbar Marvasti, EFIB Chairman George Carter stated that Dakhlia and Marvasti were hired at lower ranks because the salary lines lacked the funding necessary to bring them in at more appropriate ranks, such as associate and full professor. (Carter's pointed his finger at various USM administrators for the employment line shortfall.) Thus, these two new hires were brought in at lower ranks and put into "the . . . program."