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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED138327 AUTHOR: Johnson, Dona, Comp.; And Others
TITLE: Evaluation of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional
Management Graduates: A Ten Year Review.
YEAR PUBLISHED: (1976)
NOTE: 34 p.
ABSTRACT: A study of graduates from the Hotel, Restaurant,
and Institutional Management program at St. Louis Community
College at Forest Park was conducted, primarily in order to
elicit information from graduates regarding potentially
effective recruitment methods for minority groups and
women.
The study also sought to obtain evaluation of course
curriculum and content and general follow-up information
from program graduates. Of the 159 who had graduated over
the past ten years and were surveyed, 139 (94.5%)
responded.
Results of the study indicated: (l) the majority of
graduates were white males between 20 and 29 years of age,
with an Associate degree; (2) 22% had continued their
education to the baccalaureate level; (3) 86% were employed
full-time, with 63% having held their present positions for
1 to 3 years; (4) nearly two-thirds felt their present
employment was 100% related to the training they received
in
the program; and (5) over 62% felt the most helpful
recruiting method for minorities and women was publicizing
the program in high schools. A ranking of responses
concerning helpfulness of the program's curriculum areas,
an
analysis of affirmative action approaches for the college
and within the hospitality industry, and a copy of the
survey instrument are included in the report. A statistical
profile of academic characteristics of program graduates
and
non-graduates is appended. (JDS)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Community-Colleges;
Females-; Hotels-; Minority-Groups; Program-Content;
Program
Evaluation; Publicize-; Questionnaires-; Student
Characteristics; Vocational-Followup
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Followup-Studies; *Food-Service;
*Graduate
Surveys; *Student-Recruitment; *Two-Year-Colleges
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