$5000 International Scholarship Opportunity Baldrige Self-Assessment for Higher Education Get the “why” and the “how” from 2001 Baldrige winner UW-Stout. Join ASQ’s Education Division Connect with others who share your interest in quality for higher education.

Why Quality in Higher Education?

Quality is not just for manufacturers. ASQ offers a rich menu of quality tools and resources that help colleges and professors improve teaching and learning, including tools needed to give students a head start on their careers. Whether you are looking for a book to use in your classroom, researching general curriculum, or investigating certification information for a student, you will find the information you are looking for in our books, articles, standards, and journals.

The Baldrige Award and Higher Education

Three higher education institutions received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The award recognizes organizations that demonstrate quality and performance excellence.

• Richland Community College illustrated an exemplary approach to comprehensive campus manage­ment in the community college setting. View a summary of the application.
• University of Northern Colorado’s Monfort College of Business earned the Baldrige Award for the quality management system it applied to one school within a regional university. View a summary of the application.
• University of Wisconsin–Stout included the entire campus in its application. It is the most comprehensive approach to quality man­agement in higher education. View a summary of  the application.