Take a look at this message.  I think it is VERY important for business law
professors struggling to get support for their subject in CPA and business
school curriculum meetings.
              Bruce D. Fisher
>At our first department (Accounting & Business Law Dept.) meeting this past
>week, our dept. chair told us about a study of accounting education
>recently done called "Accounting Education: Charting the Course Through a
>Perilous Future" by Steve Albrecht and Robert Sack, whose background is in
>accounting.
>
>The study was sponsored by AICPA, Institute of Mgmt. Accountants, Amer.
>Acctg. Assn., and the Big 5 CPA Firms.
>
>The powerpoint slides are on AAA's website, which is
>
>http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/
>
>I didn't read all the powerpoint slides, but one slide says PRACTITIONERS
>RANKED LAW 3RD in importance, behind Info Systems and Strategy.
>
>Ethics was ranked 6TH.
>
>By contrast, [ACCOUNTING] EDUCATORS DIDN'T RANK LAW OR ETHICS AT ALL in
>importance.
>
>Here's the slide:
>
>Topics Rated Higher by Educators:
>1) Financial Acctg
>2) Finance
>3) Taxes
>4) Mgmt Acct
>5) Audit
>6) Tech
>7) Statistics
>8) Marketing
>
>Topics Rated Higher by Practitioners
>1) Info Systems
>2) Strategy
>3) LAW
>4) Global
>5) E-commerce
>6) Ethics
>7) Research methods
>
>The study also says accounting students need less rote memorization and
>more training in dealing with ambiguity.
>
>I haven't read the whole thing, but it looks like this study might help us
>argue for an expanded role for law in accounting and business education.
>
>Dan Levin
>Minnesota State
>
>
>Dan Levin
>Assistant Professor of Business Law
>Minnesota State University, Mankato
>Dept. of Accounting and Business Law
>Morris Hall 150
>Mankato, MN 56001
>(507)-389-1827
>Email:  [log in to unmask]
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