This Doesn't Add Up
The death knell for accounting is premature (The Way We Live Now, D.T. Max, Jan. 27). I teach a Saturday morning course in introductory accounting at Rutgers in Newark. Not a choice day or ideal time, right? But this semester the students signed up in record numbers, forcing the university to open an additional section of the course. Students recognize what D.T. Max may not. Finger-pointing aside, the Enron scandal portrays accounting as an intriguing, powerful and empowering discipline.
Gail Farrelly  Associate Professor  Rutgers University  Newark