Ranking of U.S. Hospitality Undergraduate Programs: 2000–2001

A comparison of graduating seniors who receive job offers and those who do not according to hospitality recruiters’ selection criteria

“…These 69 hospitality programs were chosen because (a) they were visited by the 72 hospitality recruiters for college recruitments or (b) they were the premium members in the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Organization. These selected institutions included 11 out of the 13 top hospitality programs in Withiam's (1997) report, 23 out of the top 29 hospitality undergraduate programs in Brizek and Khan's (2002) study, and 10 out of the 11 leading hospitality programs suggested by Harris et al (2006).…”

Considering Specializations: An Alternative for Ranking Hospitality and Tourism Graduate Programs

“…Toward the end of 1980's, Calnan (1988) (Kent et al, 1993). More recent research was conducted to rank U.S. hospitality undergraduate programs by hospitality program administrators with some objective measures such as curriculum, faculty, student, resources, and alumni (Brizek & Khan, 2002). Gould and Bojanic (2002) solicited opinions of industry recruiters to rank hospitality programs in the United States.…”

“…Based on various criteria and approaches, several researchers have made a good progress in ranking academic institutions that offered hospitality and tourism programs (Brizek & Khan, 2002;Calnan, 1988;Gould & Bojanic, 2002;Kent, Lian, Khan, & Anene, 1993, 1994.…”

Current Convention Course Offerings at the Top 25 Ranked Hospitality Management Undergraduate Programs: An Analysis of Objectives, Instructional Delivery, and Assessment Methods

“…This study evaluated syllabi of the MICE course offerings at the top 25 ranked hospitality programs in the United States as determined by a 2001 study by Brizek and Khan (2002), which is the most recently published article providing rankings of hospitality and tourism undergraduate programs. While this ranking was not a comprehensive listing of U.S. hospitality programs that offer a convention curriculum, this list was utilized in order to eliminate any potential sampling bias.…”

“…First, the sample was taken from the Brizek and Khan (2002) study of ranked U.S. hospitality programs in which several prominent schools did not participate. In addition, the sample consisted of larger, more research-oriented programs in the United States.…”