Southern region faculty identified key challenges and obstacles preventing current and future engagement in tourism related Extension program and service offerings. Key limitations included: lack of staff, limited faculty expertise, lack of awareness of existing
Extension resources from the public, and lack of internal and regional Extension tourism programmatic leadership. Matt Ulmer - Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Would you like to have more faculty or staff involved in developing and/ or delivering tourism related programs through Extension?
Do you have faculty/staff that are involved in developing and/ or delivering tourism related programs through Extension?
What percentage of time are
each of these faculty/staff able to allocate to tourism related work?
State
University
Texas
Texas A & M University
yes yes
0-10% 21-30% 0-10% 11-20% 11-20% 11-20% 21-30% 0-10% 21-30% 91-100%
yes yes
Louisiana
LSU AgCenter
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension
Arkansas
yes
yes
Auburn University Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Alabama
yes
yes
Tennessee
University of Tennessee
yes
yes
North Carolina State University
North Carolina
yes
yes
South Carolina Clemson University
yes
0-10%
yes
Virginia Tech/Virginia Cooperative Extension University of Georgia Florida A&M University
Virginia
yes
0-10%
yes
Georgia Florida
yes yes yes
21-30% 21-30% 51-60% 21-30% 51-60% 61-70%
yes yes
Mississippi
Mississippi State
no
Kentucky
University of Kentucky
yes
no
Georgia Alabama
Fort Valley State University Alabama A&M University
no no no no no no
yes yes yes yes yes yes
Texas
Prairie View A&M
Oklahoma Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Langston University
US Virgin Islands University of the Virgin Islands
Multiple percentages indicate multiple faculty/staff.
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