The hospitality industry has been concerned with the lack of qualified manage
ment prospects among minorities. This study of 20 of the best-known four-year
hospitality programs was made to determine to what extent these programs are
providing such minorities. Findings showed the proportion of minority enrollment in
hospitality was low unless the program was housed in an institution with large
concentrations of minorities, particularly the case in the Asian and Hispanic student
categories. The number of minority hospitality graduates was low at all institutions,
almost without exception. Both enrollment and graduation proportions were low for
Blacks and American Indians.
