<p>A friend has a D with LDs and some special circumstances. Travel/hospitality seems to suit her talents and interests. They are looking for a school within 2-3 hours driving distance of Portland, ME, because they feel that at this point she shouldn't be too far from home/support. Apparently the former junior colleges--Endicott, Lasell, et al--have the type of program they are looking for. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any insight/experience to share?</p>
<p>Boston University has a School of Hospitality Administration. I took a wine course there a number of years ago. Also, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (which may be farther than 2-3 hours from Portland, ME) has a program in Hospitality and Tourism Management in its Isenberg School of Management. Student from our town attended the UMAss program and she’s now working at the Four Seasons in Jackson Hole. She’s friend of a friend’s daughter and I know that she had numerous internship opportunities, including working with Four Seasons. I’m assuming that helped her get a full-time job.</p>
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<p>A young cousin of mine went to Bowling Green State University in Ohio where she majored in (I am not kidding) Tourism, Leisure and Event Planning in the (really, I am not kidding) School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies.</p>
<p>Notwithstanding how bogus those names sound to me, it was a perfect program for her, and since graduating she has been amazingly successful. After working briefly for a hotel in Las Vegas, she wound up settling into a career doing event planning for ad agencies, like product launches. She was good at what she did, and for a while she was changing jobs every 18 months because some larger agency would notice her work and offer to double her pay. Her employment has been stable for a few years now, but that’s because she’s with a major ad agency in New York and making an impressive, professional salary.</p>
<p>From what her mother says, I don’t think this girl would get into BU or UMass Amherst. I don’t want to get into too much detail for privacy reasons. She’s a very nice, hard-working kid but she’s had significant challenges due to early deprivation–she’s adopted–and school is hard for her.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about Fisher College, in Boston?</p>
<p>Check out Mitchell College in CT. They have a Hospitality and Tourism major and from what i hear, lots of LD supports.</p>
<p>Johnson and Wales in Providence RI has a hospitality program. Know one kid in the program who loves it but don’t know about their LD support.</p>
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<p>I believe that Southern New Hampshire Univ in Manchester NH (within the 2-3 hour window from Portland) has a Hospitality and Tourism major.</p>