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(August 27, 2006) Special Report Pay for Play: 2006 Summer Salary Shenanigans An Investigation into Salaries in the CoB This special report examines uncovered evidence of "special deals" given to some CoB faculty regarding Summer pay (for teaching) in 2006. The table below presents the teaching and salary ratios for a number of CoB faculty who taught during the Summer of 2006. Those with special deals are entered in red typeface.

(April 23, 2007) CoB News, April 2007 April has been a topsy-turvy month in the life of USM's College of Business. On 10 April 2007, USM received the "resignations" of both CoB Dean D. Harold Doty and CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand. USM President Shelby Thames and USM Provost Jay Grimes selected, on 10 April 2007, professor of marketing Alvin Williams to be the Interim CoB Dean. On 11 April 2007, Interim CoB Dean selected associate professor of management Joseph Peyrefitte to serve as the CoB's Interim Associate Dean.

(May 1, 2007) Special Report Now Holding the Reigns An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials One item that a number of usmnews.net readers have asked for of late is a report on the research backgrounds of the CoB’s new Interim Dean Alvin Williams (professor of marketing) and his Interim Associate Dean Joseph Peyrefitte (associate professor of management). Our investigators have put together that report (4/2007), and are making it available to you here. Table 1 summarizes the journal article publications of the two, using Business Source Complete and SEDONA records.

(May 7, 2007) George Carter on Subjective Evaluation EFIB Chair George Carter leaves no opening for surprise. It's one misstep after another, one fly in the ointment followed by two more. The latest gaffe comes from the 4 May 2007 CoB faculty meeting, wherein Carter expressed his views on subjective grading of CoB students, as part of a conversation with CoB Associate Dean Joseph Peyrefitte,

(July 29, 2007) Split the Baby? Not so Fast! The past two years, and two CoB administrations, offer an interesting comparison of administrative salaries. Take a look at the following data: Academic Year Administration Salaries 2007-08 Williams-Peyrefitte $291,850 2006-07 Doty-Niroomand $296,862 The combined salaries of Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams and Interim CoB Associate Dean Joseph Peyrefitte fall within 1.7 percent of the combined compensation of their predecessors, former CoB Dean Harold Doty and former CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand. However, when it comes to pay that is where the similarity ends for these two administrations.

(October 8, 2007) CoB Power Line A Look at Who Holds the Reigns of Power in the CoB by Duane Cobb The CoB has devolved into such an academic banana republic of sorts that it is probably useful to take stock, from time to time, of just who holds the most political power there. Without question political power in the CoB waxes and wanes, just as it does in any of the typical unstable, tin pot hot spots around the globe. That's what updates are for.