Hospitality, restaurant, and tourism management degree programs and the issue of student preparedness

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-63

  Agrusa, Jerome ^a   Tanner, John ^b   Coats, Wendy M ^c  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006634662     PISSN: 10963758     EISSN: 23256540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10963758.2004.10696785     Document Type: Note

References (39)

1. Alreck, P.L., & Settle, R. B. (1985). The Survey Research Handbook. Home-wood, IL: Irwin Publishing.
2. Ball, S. (1995). Enriching Student Larning Through Innovative Real-life Exercise. Education and Training, 37 (4), 18-25.
3. Beamish, P. W., & Calof, J. L. (1989). International Business Education: A Corporate View. Journal of Inter-national Business Studies, 20 (3), 553-64.
4. Budden, M., Lake, R., & Tanner, J. (1992). Are Today’s MIS Majors Ad-equately Prepared? Interface: The Computer Education Quarterly, 14 (3), 41-46.
5. Carruth, P.J. & Tanner, J.R. (1985). Accounting Students: Do Their Professors Perceive Them as Being Adequately Prepared? Journal of Education for Business, 61 (2), 85-88.
6. Cheung, L. and Law, R. (1999). Bridg-ing the Information Technology Gap Between Hospitality & Tourism Educa-tion and Industrial Applications: A Case Study of Hong Kong. Proceed-ings of the International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators Annual Conference, 20-34.
7. Cheung, L. & Law, R. (2000). Industrial Information Technology Applica-tions: Have Hospitality and Tourism Graduates Learnt the Needed Skills? Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Edu-cation, 12 (2), 19-23.
8. Cudd, M., Tanner, J., & Budden, M. (1989). The Issue of Student Preparedness: Perceptions of Finance Professors. Journal of Financial Education, 60-64.
9. Ducoffe, R. H. & Ducoffe, S. J. (1990). Tips From Top Adver-tising Executives: Implications for Advertising Education. Journal of Marketing Education, 12 (Spring), 52-8.
10. Floyd, C. J. & Gordon, M. E. (1998). What Skills Are Most Important? A Comparison of Employer, Student, and Staff Perceptions. Journal of Marketing Education, 20 (2), 103-9.
11. Gallon, D, (1990). A Report of the Commission on Urban Junior Colleges of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC). Washington, D.C.: National Center for Higher Education.
12. Graeff, T. R. (1998). Writing Behavioral Learning Objectives for Marketing Courses: Meeting the Challenge of AACSB Outcomes Assessment. Marketing Education Review, 8 (1), 13-25.
13. Hautala, E. (1990). Educational Reform. ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 47 (3), 311-13.
14. Hebel, S. (2003). States’ Tests for High-school Students are Out of Sync with College Standards, Report Says. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 7, A26.
15. Kelley, C. A. & Gaedeke, R. M. (1990). Student and Employer Evaluation of Hiring Criteria for Entry-level Marketing Posi-tions. Journal of Marketing Education, 12 (Fall), 64-71.
16. Hsu, C., Gilmore, S., & Walsh, T. (1992). Competencies Needed and Demonstrated by Hospitality Management Graduates: Perceptions of Employers. National Association of College and University Food Service Journal, 16, 34-42.
17. Khan, M.B., & Kuklis, S. (1990). NIIS professionals: Educa-tion and Performance. Information & Management, 19, 249-255.
18. Lafrancois, H.A. (1992). The Marketing of an Accounting Graduate: Characteristics Most Desired by CPA firms. Jour-nal of Education for Business, 67 (4), 206-209.
19. Lanier, P., Tanner, J., Zhu, Z., & Heady, R. (1997). Evaluating Istructors’ Perception of Student Preparation for Manage-ment Curricula. Journal of Education for Business, 73 (2), 77-84.
20. Law, R. (2001). Information Technology in Hospitality Educa-tion: A Case Study of Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 6 (2), 1-8.
21. Leo, J. (1997). The Answer is 45 cents. US News & World Re-port, 122 (21 April), 14.
22. Levine, A. (1994). To Deflate Grade Inflation, Simplify the System. Chronicle of Higher Education, 40 (19 January), B3.
23. Lewis, R.C. (1993). Hospitality Management Education: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Hospitality Research Journal, 17 (1), 273-283.
24. Magner, D. K. (1993). A Biting Assessment. Chronicle of Higher Education, 40 (8 December), A26.
25. Miller, J.H., & Budden, M. (1984). An Empirical Analysis of Marketing Professors’ Attitudes Toward Students Majoring in Marketing. Developments in Marketing Science, 7, 229.
26. Moffat, A. S. (1994). Coping with the Unprepared Under-graduate. Science, 266 (4 November), 846.
27. O’Hara, C. (1998). Innovative Market-ing Education. Marketing Education Review, 8 (1), 39-46.
28. Okeiyi, E., Finley, D., & Postel, R. (1994). Food and Beverage Man-agement Competencies: Educator, Industry, and Student Perspective. Hospitality & Tourism Educator, 6 (4), 37-40.
29. Park, L.J. (1994). Good accounting skills: What More Does a Successful Accountant Need? Journal of Educa-tion for Business, 61 (4), 231-234.
30. Porter, L. W. & McKibbin, L. E. (1988). Management Education and Develop-ment: Drift or Thrust into the 21st Century? American Assembly of Col-legiate Schools of Business: St. Louis, MO.
31. Scott, J. D. & Frontczak, N. T. (1996). Ad Executives Grade New Grads: The final Exam That Counts. Journal of Advertising Research, 36 (2), 40-47.
32. Sherwin, E. (1997). Is Hospitality Education a Target? Journal of Hos-pitality and Tourism Education, 9 (2), 4-5.
33. Singal, D. J. (1991). The Other Crisis in American Education. The Atlantic, 268 (5), 59-69.
34. Sobel, R. (1997). A Little Knowledge: Unfortunately That’s What Many U.S. College Students are Getting. Barron’s, 77 (5 May), 55.
35. Tanner, J. (1983). Perceptions of Man-agement Professors Toward Today’s Management Majors: An Empirical Approach. Proceedings, Southern Management Association, 174.
36. The Chronicle of Higher Education. (1998). New Study Reveals Views on Education, 44 (16 January), A8.
37. Thornburg, L. (1997). Employers and Graduates Size Each Other Up. HR Magazine, 42 (5), 76-9.
38. Umbreit, W. (1992). In Search of Hos-pitality Curriculum Relevance for the 1990’s. Hospitality & Tourism Educa-tor, 5 (1), 71-74.
39. Viadero, D. (1995). Literacy Skills of Many College Graduates Found Defi-cient. Education Week, 14 (16), 9.