I've seen lots of negativity here. Many of USM's dismal failures and mistakes during the past three years have been described ad naseum. The mass exodus of faculty. The attempted exit of deans. SACS probation. USM on the USNews 4th tier list. Inflated enrollment figures. Locking the doors of faculty offices. Email altercations. Embarrasing the university at a national level in an inappropriate attempt to fire two professors. Nursing's national board pass rate sinking to lowest in the state. And many more too numerous to cite here.

It's time to look at the positive goals of this administration and how those goals have been accomplished. We're all aware of the the goal of attaining a student enrollment of 20,000. Although the pre- Katrina figures show that USM's enrollment is downward in slope, the official post- Katrina figures have not yet been reported; so for the sake of argument we'll just say the jury is still out on that particular goal. But I'll be watching attentively and optimistically when the offical new enrollment figures are reported and the 20,000  goal is accomplished.  

I would greatly appreciate viewers specifying any goal, apart from the 20,000 enrollment goal, and specify how it has been met. Goals or projects which were planned or initiated prior to the current regime don't count.

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