Doctoral Programs for Senior-Level Hospitality Practitioners: It's All in the Delivery

Abstract

This article posits a model for alternative PhD programs in hospitality management in response to the growing demand for educators trained in both instructional methodology and scholarly research processes. The authors suggest that a number of current adjunct instructors possess an interest in becoming full-time educators. However, many of these individuals lack terminal credentials in a field related to hospitality management. The authors present a model for alternative PhD programs with modified residency requirements that could be implemented to provide training for this pool of potential full-time faculty members. Finally, a prototype is presented in which distance learning delivery systems are used as one viable alternative instructional methodology in these programs.