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Faculty Information - East Carolina University（教师信息u2014u2014东卡罗莱纳大学）

Assessing Readiness to Offer New Degree Programs Assessing Readiness to Offer New Degree Programs is a supplemental campus-based document that will a) Inform the academic program development process and b) Illustrate the unit’s readiness to offer the proposed degree program. The proposing unit is expected to a) Submit the assessing readiness document with the proposed program’s planning document and b) Update the assessing readiness document as unit conditions change for submission with the proposed program’s request to establish. Part One: Assessing Need for the Program Units should provide detailed information regarding linkages to the strategic plan and the impact of the proposed program on other unit programs on the UNC-GA planning and establishing documents. Need for the Program What is the external need for the proposed program? Project the current and future need for graduates with this degree at the regional, state, and national levels. There is ample external need for the proposed Master of Science in Sustainable Tourism (MS-ST). At no time in history has the demand for higher education degrees by employers been greater than it is today. This has resulted in a large increase in the number of students enrolling in master’s degree programs across the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Education, the number of students pursuing master’s degrees is projected to increase by 9% over the next nine years; rising from 502,000 in 2004 to 556,000 in 2013. The demand for advanced degrees in tourism is no exception. In fact, tourism, the third largest retail industry in the United States, is increasing rapidly and in great need of well-trained and educated managers as well as competent researchers and educators. Why focus on sustainable tourism? Tourism is a unique industry as it requires people to move to their destination rather than moving a product to the marketplace. It is arguably the largest industry in the World and has tremendous