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http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/newsstory.asp?ID=357

BOARD APPROVES DEGREE PROGRAMS, HEARS AYERS UPDATE
10/20/2005 (JACKSON ) -

In its regular monthly meeting, the Board of Trustees of Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Learning approved new degree programs at five of Mississippi’s public universities, as well as heard a detailed report on hurricane damage to the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park campus. The Board was also informed that Alcorn State University has sustained a level of ten percent other-race enrollment for a period of three consecutive years, which means that the university will now receive its 28.3 percent share of $5 million appropriated for the Ayers settlement for FY 2006.

The new degree programs include degrees in hospitality and gaming management at Alcorn State University, interdisciplinary studies, communicative disorders and entrepreneurship at Jackson State University, interior design at Mississippi State University, biomedical materials science at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and sport coaching education, interscholastic athletic administration, religion, geography, and human capital development at the University of Southern Mississippi. It was also announced that Jackson State University recently received American Psychological Association accreditation for its Ph.D. program in clinical psychology.

In other business, the Board heard a presentation by University of Southern Mississippi President Shelby Thames describing the devastation on the university’s Gulf Park and Hattiesburg campuses. Board President Virginia Shanteau Newton expressed appreciation to Mississippi’s institutions as well as to individuals who have provided assistance for relief and recovery in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina devastation.

The next regular meeting of the College Board is set for November 17, 2005.

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......... The new degree programs include degrees in hospitality and gaming management at Alcorn State University, interdisciplinary studies, communicative disorders and entrepreneurship at Jackson State University, interior design at Mississippi State University, biomedical materials science at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and sport coaching education, interscholastic athletic administration, religion, geography, and human capital development at the University of Southern Mississippi. ...........


Now, I do realize I'm not from Mississippi, however, I do speak English, or I thought I did.  Could someone please explain to me, what the hell they are talking about?  In particular, interscholastic athletic administration, human capital development??


Whatcha talking bout Willis? 



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Patti wrote:

what the hell they are talking about?  In particular, interscholastic athletic administration, human capital development?? Whatcha talking bout Willis?  
Given the current state of the economy and the state of the university, if these programs cleared the various review committees Southern Miss has nobody to blame but itself.

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Patti wrote:

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......... The new degree programs include degrees in hospitality and gaming management at Alcorn State University, interdisciplinary studies, communicative disorders and entrepreneurship at Jackson State University, interior design at Mississippi State University, biomedical materials science at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and sport coaching education, interscholastic athletic administration, religion, geography, and human capital development at the University of Southern Mississippi. ...........
Now, I do realize I'm not from Mississippi, however, I do speak English, or I thought I did.  Could someone please explain to me, what the hell they are talking about?  In particular, interscholastic athletic administration, human capital development??
Whatcha talking bout Willis? 



From what I've been able to "hear" the interscholastic athletic admin degree is a masters degree for individuals who are teaching/coaching at high schools and are seeking to become administrators who would run/operate athletic programs on the high school level.........I don't know about "human capital development", but I'll keep my ear to the ground........

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Isn't that the Economic Development version of human resource management?  IDV spinning off a second PHD program?

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HandOnWallet

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Noz2grindstone & Ear2ground: My reaction to all of this is also reflected in my posting nom.

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Emma

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Human Capital Development?? WTF???  It sounds pretty 1984ish. Somebody please clear up this one befuddled brain.  I feel the need to go back and reference Soylant Green?


But Soylant Green is people! Its people!!!



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To Coin a Phrase

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While we're WTFing, what is a webinar???

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have a real PhD

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Emma wrote:

Human Capital Development?? WTF??? 

This is the workforce development people trying to convice outsiders that their graduates are qualified for a business school.  The problem with workforce development is that their graduates are really only qualified for positions in community colleges.  If you look at the GRE scores of the people they admit you will understand the market for the workforce development degree.



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Could someone on the board from graduate council fill us in on the arguments made for approving this PhD program?  What was the position of the college of business in this?  Given that they are two years away from their accreditation process, and that the AACSB generally considers everything that looks like a business program to be considered, no matter its organizational home, would this be a problem?

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astonished wrote:

Could someone on the board from graduate council fill us in on the arguments made for approving this PhD program?  What was the position of the college of business in this?  Given that they are two years away from their accreditation process, and that the AACSB generally considers everything that looks like a business program to be considered, no matter its organizational home, would this be a problem?
Was this degree program really reviewed by the graduate council? I'd also like to know the position of the college of business. Surely this information must be readily available.

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To Coin a Phrase wrote:

While we're WTFing, what is a webinar???
Webinar: Short for Web-based seminar, an interactive presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the Web.

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have a real PhD wrote:
The problem with workforce development is that their graduates are really only qualified for positions in community colleges.


Ignoring the very real possibility that in the process of earning your "real PhD," you neglected to learn the difference between your a$$ & your elbow, I'll say that I agree with you but probably not for the reason you think.

Workforce development is the community colleges' baby, a great big baby made out of pure PORK lard. The whole premise of workforce development is that the state should assume what are reasonably classified as "costs of doing business." You'd think after a decade, we'd actually be seeing some serious economic impact from all the "workforce development!". Moreover, accountability in the state's workforce development units is laughable, favoritism in hiring is rampant & any numbers you see presented to the Legislature (e.g., workers trained, bidnesses served, etc.) are largely bogus.

I have run stats on several theses & dissertations (mainly out of MSU) that focus on workforce development. Almost invariably, they are employer needs assessments. To the best of my knowledge, nobody has yet performed a serious study to determine if workforce development has a significant impact on economic development. As a taxpayer, I've often wondered what the "return" might be on a dollar spent on workforce development. My guess is that the state realizes about 75 cents for every dollar spent...



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