To the Editor:
Re “History
for Dollars” (column, June 8):
David Brooks may be pleased to hear that liberal arts and accounting are
no longer mutually exclusive. Students choosing to study business, a
top major for decades, need to understand all of the disciplines that
are important in the business world. Yes, accounting. But employers are
in pursuit of even more: creative, critical and conceptual abilities; a
clear understanding of technology; and comprehension of the world around
us.
Employers have made it clear to us. This is the winning
combination.
Marilyn B. Durkin
Michael J. Page
Waltham, Mass., June 8, 2010
The writers are, respectively, the dean of arts and sciences and the
provost at Bentley University.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 