| dc.description.abstract | The education-related topics that have been favored by hospitality and tourism scholars in recent years are
presented in this opinion paper. We categorized them into six groups: leadership and human capital development,
teaching methods with the emphasis on active and experiential learning, online education, diversity
education, internationalization, and industry experience. In addition, we shared our thoughts on additional
research topics, reflecting the emerging trends in the hospitality and tourism industry as well as hospitality and
tourism academia. Specifically, those thoughts include the development of undergraduate students' cultural
competency, issues on hospitality and tourism PhD programs, full-fledged online curricula, and relationships
with alumni and advisory board. It is our hope that this article provides some insights regarding the current
status of hospitality and tourism education, and stirs up interest in education-related research within hospitality
and tourism. | vi |
