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(June 12, 2009) Clarkology An apparent UMKC insider tells USMNEWS.net that newly hired University of Missouri – Kansas City finance professor John Clark, currently an associate professor in USM's CoB, will soon join the Bloch School at UMKC with tenure. While this situation is a bit uncustomary in academe, in Clark's case it goes even further – prior sourced reports have indicated that Clark's prior tenure track run at UMKC (late 1990s-2003) was likely headed to a negative conclusion until Clark departed UMKC for the b-school at USM. Having just faced a six year tenure track run in the CoB, Clark received tenure last month (May-09).

(update June 24, 2009) Brain Drain Elites The new USMNEWS.net series, "The CoB's Brain Drain, 2003-Present: An Illustrated History," shows just how costly the faculty flight has been since the administration of former CoB dean D. Harold Doty began. That series does so through illustration -- it allows USMNEWS.net readers to view the journal covers representing the publishing being done by those who have fled the CoB since 2003.

(update June 24, 2009) Brain Drain Good and Plenty The new USMNEWS.net series, "The CoB's Brain Drain, 2003-Present: An Illustrated History," shows just how costly the faculty flight has been since the administration of former CoB dean D. Harold Doty began. That series does so through illustration -- it allows USMNEWS.net readers to view the journal covers representing the publishing being done by those who have fled the CoB since 2003. As that series indicates, former CoB faculty who exited Greene Hall since 2003 have collectively published in 22 unique B-level journals over the past 5 years. This report presents only those 22 journal covers, which all appear after the alphabetical list of the 22 journals below. USMNEWS.net reporters hope that you will take a moment to consider, through the list and picture gallery below, the toll of the Doty administration of USM's CoB.

(June 28, 2009) Clark's Replacement . . . at UMKC Recent stories about CoB associate professor of finance John Clark becoming a newly hired University of Missouri – Kansas City finance associate professor who will soon join the Bloch School at UMKC with tenure have drawn a lot of interest from USMNEWS.net readers.

(August 7, 2009) Special Report Another Nail Pal in the Bad Column? Am Investigative Report on CoB Teaching Quality The recent USMNEWS.net report Another Trip Down Memory Lane? covered the recent hiring of Arthur Sorochinsky, who is coming from the University of Alabama – Birmingham to teach the SoA's new accounting information systems course. That report speculated that, because of Sorochinsky's Birmingham roots, new SoA director Skip Huhges was either coaxed or instructed by CoB dean Lance Nail to hire the finance professor for an accounting spot. As reported previously, Nail's academic area is finance, and before coming to USM Nail was the finance chair at UAB.