November 1997
The Director - Features
Education Key to Funeral Service Future
What will funeral service be like in the year 2037? Already many of today's mortuary science students are recognizing the importance of higher education beyond the associate degree. How will this affect the way your business operates in the next millennium?
The future of funeral service education rests not only on the shoulders of the mortuary science educators, but also on each funeral service professional at the local, state and national level. Education Key to Funeral Service Future shows how the education domino effect will be felt by funeral home owners and operators. Written by Cydney Griffith and Stephen W. Smith, the article travels to the year 2037 and offers a glimpse of the future.
Griffith is an assistant professor and program director in the mortuary science and funeral service department of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL. Smith is a teaching assistant in the mortuary science and funeral service department also at Southern Illinois University.
