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Thames Gone, Can Faculty Be Rehired?
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When Thames' contract expires and he is replaced, can the dislocated faculty be rehired? What about Glamser and Stringer? Although Stringer is at another school, could he come back here if he wanted to?
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If SFT is in charge of Fixing SACS
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We are a done deal.
Who out there really believes that he can fix it?? No confidence!!!
and
NO QUARTER
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alumni, others can sue IHL
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Now the facts are in:
Probation for 12 months making USM select as a member of the one pecent of schools to be on probation,
the ranking of USM at bottom of 4th tier for usnews,
loss of 200 plus faculty in 2 years,
over 90% vote of no confidence by faculty, and by the Fac Senate
It is now possible...
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HA: Thames, Exline given Aug. 2 SACS deadline
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041218/NEWS01/412180303/1002Exline said Rogers and Lord raised concerns about how the news of the probation surprised Thames and Exline. She stressed again Friday, as Thames had done previously...
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SACS story has legs
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http://www.msbusiness.com/article.cfm?View=2&ID=901
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Dec 18, 2004
by parental permission required
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Clarion Ledger Editorial
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http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041218/OPINION01/412180313&SearchID=73193332032468
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Reporter
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by thin wallet
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Firm is Hired!! HA
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041217/NEWS01/412170302/1002
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Sun Herald??????
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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/business/104453...
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by SACS on the Beach
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Good HA Editorial on Saturday
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http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041218/OPINION01/412180314/1014/OPINION
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by Robert Campbell
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MESSAGEBOARD POLL: Will Shelby lose his job?
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I am wondering if Shelby's job is in jeopardy. What do you think?
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Dec 18, 2004
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Impeach Thames stickers
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Just letting everyone know that we still have plenty of Impeach Thames stickers left over from the spring if anyone is interested. 
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New BOGUS Degree
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The Best Online Gratuitous University in the South (BOGUS) prides itself on meeting community needs. In keeping with this tradition, BOGUS is proud to offer its new bachelor's, master's & doctor's dipomas in SACS Education. The BOGUS board of directors believes that SACS specialists will so...
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BOGUS Provost, Registrar & Business Manager
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Dec 17, 2004
by BOGUS Provost, Registrar & Business Manager
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little, redneck university (Part VI)
(Preview)
you might be a little, redneck university if.....
most of the applicants for openings in high-level central administration positions at your institution apply in person......
your administration believes that posting a few new hot links on its webpage are sufficient responses to a probati...
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Jeff Foxworthy
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Dec 17, 2004
by Straight Man
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MSU - Hattiesburg
(Preview)
I think it is likely that they will keep some form of a university in place once USM falls apart. What programs do you think they will keep? Obviously the athletic dept. will be scrapped, but I could see them maintaining a shell of a university. Will they keep a polymer science operation?
This does n...
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Dec 17, 2004
by The Sunny Gulf Coast
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Ask Dr. Joan
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(Preview)
In the interest of attempting to reach out to and communicate with all members of the faculty, staff, and students of our World Class university, I have decided to start the following topic thread specifically to answer any and all questions you may have regarding USM and the little hiccup we have had...
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It's beginning to look a lot more like LEGISLATION
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Emma
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IHL Chief: Letters Not Subtle (American)
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041217/NEWS01/412170301/1002
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by Dana vs. Daana
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Graduation Day
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Question: Has anything been said about graduation day and the SACs situation?
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Green Hornet
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Dec 17, 2004
by Green Hornet
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Real-time strategic plan
(Preview)
Take a look at USM's IE webpage -- at some point in the last few hours/day, they've removed the link to the so-called "strategic plan" (amid the criticism leveled here and elsewhere). Note that there remains a link in the graphic on the top of the page, but the text link in the body of the page is gon...
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Who moved my cheese?
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Dec 17, 2004
by Full faith and confidence
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H.A. Klumb Speaks
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(Preview)
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041216/NEWS01/412160301/1002
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Reporter Jr
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by Lawsuits on Parade
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students can sue IHL
(Preview)
When, not if, USM loses its accreditation, any student who loses their financial aid can sue the IHL for cash damages based on that loss and any other fees. Given the two letters from January 04, the no-confidence votes, and the precedent of a similar SACS school, Auburn, the students would have a stro...
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Dec 17, 2004
by stinky cheese man
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Holiday Break Concern
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The IHL isn't meeting again until January, the students will soon be home for their semester break and I'm concerned that Thames will luck out with a lapse in coverage on this critical subject. Under EAGLETALK, one poster stressed his concerns that the same person who allowed this probation t...
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Advocate
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by Amy Young
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AAUP national investigation
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Good Friends,
Step two of requesting an investigation begins! We received a response from AAUP national urging us to send in documentation concerning the problems we cited in the letter to Knight. AAUP-USM will be working on this through the break and early in the Spring semester.&...
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Amy Young
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January Letters
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(Preview)
From CW Fan on another thread:
Breaking... new letters from SACS shows Thames should have known, see HA web site.
Seems important enough to start a new thread.
Interesting timing:
January 10, 2003 - Wasn't Dr. Thames too busy with his college reorganizations that week to worry about...
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Coincidental Tourist
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Dec 17, 2004
by Robert Campbell
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IHL Chief Blasts Thames
(Preview)
See Hat-Am web site:
IHL Chief: Thames should have heeded SACS warnings.
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HA: Joy
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041215/NEWS01/412150328
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Concerned students listserve
(Preview)
Okay,the listserve is up and running again! Concerned students need to speak up about this accreditation issue; these are our degrees affected! If anyone wishes to be added to the list, email me at cponder@hotmail.com.
On a side note, Congrats to formers CS's who are graduating, don't forget abo...
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Concerned Students of USM
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IHL's press release
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http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory_thames.asp
IHL BOARD HEARS FROM SHELBY THAMES
12/16/2004 (Jackson, MS) - The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) met today with President Shelby Thames concerning recent action by the Southern Association of Coll...
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What is a university?
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I don't know if the results of a Google search can be linked, but here goes: CLICK HERE
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Breaking Economic Development News
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BREAKING NEWS CAUSES SHAKEUP IN ACADEMIC STOCK MARKET: NYSE
University of Mississippi: + 98.2
Mississippi State University: +67.9
University of Southern Mississippi: -187.5
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Proverbs of the Day?
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As I'm sure I've mentioned, one of my research/teaching interests is biblical literature. These items come to mind, all from the King James version:
Psalm 12:8 "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted."
Proverbs 29:1: "He, that being often reproved h...
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Jameela Lares
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Dec 17, 2004
by Choir member
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Priorities and Unanticipated Needs
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From this morning's Clarion Ledger:
USM will pay for a consultant experienced with the SACS process, but the cost is unknown. Crofts wants the consultant in place by Ja...
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Magnolia
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Dec 17, 2004
by Robert Campbell
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You got to be kidding
(Preview)
“We have reviewed today Dr. Thames’ plan to rectify this probationary status. The Board feels confident that he will be able to pull USM through this period and be taken off probation at the end of 12 months. According to the plan, all issues brought forth from SACS will be dealt with appropriately and...
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Far Away from the center of action
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Dec 17, 2004
by Robert Campbell
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CL: Opinion - Oust Thames
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041217/OPINION/412170305/1009
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Advocate
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P.E.C.
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All I hear out of the P.E.C. is NCATE this and NCATE that.
Has the P.E.C. dropped the SACs ball too?
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Grass Roots P.E.F.
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Dec 17, 2004
by Grass Roots P.E.F.
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Two very good posts
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Fire Shelby Date: 2 days ago Views: 77
Quote | ReplyRE: Creme de la Creme Accolades
I tip my hat to Robert Evans and Robert Campbell--two men who don't have a dog in the fight but who have consistently supported USM faculty and AAUP since the big blow-u...
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2 Kudos worth reproducing
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Dec 16, 2004
by 2 Kudos worth reproducing
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Strategic planning
(Preview)
I've been taking a look at the so-called Strategic Goals that are posted proudly on the USM website under "Institutional Effectiveness" (sorry, but from what I've seen that's almost an oxymoron) and find that these are an amazingly inept excuse for strategic planning. I find it difficult to...
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SACS Nazi
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Wednesday's Child
(Preview)
January 16, 2004 is the date of the second SACS letter. January 16, 2004 is also the date that WDAM broke the story about the AAUP investigation. A few days later (just about the time the SACS letter would have arrived) was the infamous press confidence challenging anyone questioning the crede...
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January 16, 2004: a date to go down in infamy?
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Dec 16, 2004
by Donald T.
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WDAM 6:00 news
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http://wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=2703214&nav=1Pw1UHvD
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Dec 16, 2004
by your answer
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little, redneck university (Part V)
(Preview)
you know you are a little, redneck university if....
your faculty:student ratio and your univ lawyer:student ratio are about the same size.....
your governing Board's President tries to mask your President's, SACS failings by saying "Problems can arise in any organization .....
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Jeff Foxworthy
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Dec 16, 2004
by Michael Proctor
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2 SACS letters to Thames, problems!
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/assets/pdf/DB9351216.PDF
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SACked
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Over a barrel
(Preview)
Suddenly, everyone is over a barrel except the faculty.
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DataSource
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Dec 16, 2004
by DataSource
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Hanbury - OT
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Letter in the HA from our ole buddy Jack. Unfortunately I totally agree with him. I just HATE it when that happens.
(It was just about the okay-ness of saying "merry Christmas" and acknowledging that we are having Christmas and not HanaKwanzRamaMas.)
BTW my own personal princess got a tiara...
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Snowflake
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Liberty and Power on the Board's failure to decide
(Preview)
I've tried to pull together all the juicy bits from today's news coverage into a Liberty and Power entry:
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/9087.html
I'd love to know whether Thames actually wrote on the 1/16/04 letter, referring to his Kitchen Cabinet... it actually occurred to me when I first s...
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Robert Campbell
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Dec 16, 2004
by Robert Campbell
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Tonight's Faculty Senate Meeting
(Preview)
Would someone be so kind as to give us a report on the faculty senate meeting?
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Curmudgeon
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Dec 16, 2004
by Reporter Jr
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SACS PROBATION and USNews TIER STATUS
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The U.S. News ratings use peer evaluations as a major factor in their tier rankings. In fact, peer evaluation is weighted higher than any of the other factors in determining tier status: 25%! It would seem unlikely that USM could move back up to 3rd tier if the peer evaluation factor drops. Peer...
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Scared
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Dec 16, 2004
by Lady Luck
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USM's Lessons from the South Pole
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"Great God! This is an Awful Place." - R.F. Scott, 1910 (the year USM was founded).
The British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913) was successful in reaching the South Pole but none of the participants survived to tell about it.
"Amputation is the least I can hope for." - R.F. Scott, 1913
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Dangerous Iceburg Ahead!
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Dec 16, 2004
by Cold shoulder
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USM Strategic Goals
(Preview)
Hmm, really interesting what you can see with "Reveal Codes" -- the Office of Institutional Effectiveness has really been thinking about "Strategic Goals" for a long time --
Page written:
Wednesday, December 8, 2004 8:54 PM
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fallen eagle
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Dec 16, 2004
by Incredulous
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Outside Council???
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041216/NEWS01/41216002
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Newgirl
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Dec 16, 2004
by Ghost of the Christmas Past
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Unaccredited programs?
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Does anyone know which 2 USM programs are not accredited by their respective academic organizations? (112 of USM's "114 degree programs" are accredited, reportedly...though I believe nearly all of the accrediting associations rescind their departmental accreditations if the school as a whol...
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