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(October 26, 2011) The Headless Horseman Rides Again An Editorial from Victoria Tyler CoB dean Lance Nail must feel like the headless horseman heading into the CoB’s 2012 AACSB re-accreditation season. That would be because the list of tenured associate and full professors from the CoB’s rank-and-file (non-administrative) faculty has dwindled down to endangered species levels. The actual list, for interested readers, is provided below, with each academic unit presented alongside:

(November 3, 2011) . . . breaking news . . . Nail Hits CoB’s AACSB Accreditation on the Head HATTIESBURG – Reports coming out of USM’s business college suggest that the AACSB Peer Review Team was more than pleased with what they saw earlier this week in USM’s CoB. As a result, they have reportedly given CoB dean Lance Nail and USM president Martha Saunders the preliminary word that USM’s CoB will hold on to its AACSB accreditation for at least another five years.

(December 22, 2011) The Top 10 CoB Stories of 2011 By Duane Cobb Each year at about this time I provide USMNEWS.net my top ten news items involving USM’s business school for the year. This is Part 2 in that countdown for the top CoB stories of 2011. 4. Nail Gets Big Hit Off Scianna

(January 6, 2012) Holiday Predictions for 2012 Lance Nail will try to parlay his successful AACSB run into a deanship at a b-school above the fourth tier. (Note from the editor: This prediction is interesting since usmnews.net is seeing an increasing number of Lance Nail hits from otherschools – many of which are looking for new deans.)

(January 10, 2012) The Top 10 CoB Stories of 2011 By Duane Cobb Each year at about this time I provide USMNEWS.net my top ten news items involving USM’s business school for the year. This is Part 3 in that countdown for the top CoB stories of 2011. 1. AACSB Reaccreditation on First Try – As reported by USMNEWS.net several weeks ago, CoB dean Lance Nail did what former CoB dean Harold Doty failed to do, and that is achieve AACSB accreditation for the CoB on his first attempt

(January 30, 2012) GH Chatter Will he, or won’t he? There’s always some talk about CoB dean Lance Nail moving on, and up. With a successful AACSB reaccreditation under his belt, that chatter is only increased. However, with a CoB tenure under 4 years to date, a departure for Nail may be a bit down the road from now. Still, it is often common to play the “what if?” game – would former CoB associate dean Farhang Niroomand be a replacement candidate?