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Sustaining Performance Excellence in Higher Education

by Julie Furst-Bowe

(From the June 2009 Higher Education Brief) Implementing a systems perspective in higher education is essential for engaging the campus in setting goals and identifying key performance indicators...

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• Publish date: 2009-06
• Keywords:Baldrige National Quality Program, Continuous Improvement, Higher Education Brief

Use State-Level Baldrige Framework to Support Continuous Improvement

by John Dew

(From the June 2009 issue of Higher Education Brief) Higher education institutions can start their quality journeys by participating in one of 36 state-level programs based on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program...

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• Publish date: 2009-06
• Keywords:Baldrige National Quality Program, Continuous Improvement, Higher Education Brief

Use Baldrige Education Criteria as a Framework for Improving Leadership Preparation Programs

by Mary Hooper

(From the June 2009 Higher Education Brief) This framework can be used as a blueprint for assessing existing graduate-level leadership preparation programs in the context of changing customer requirements...

• Filetype: pdf
• Publish date: 2009-06
• Keywords:Baldrige National Quality Program, Continuous Improvement, Higher Education Brief

Systems Thinking Sounds Like a Good Idea

by Nicole Adrian

(From the June 2009 Higher Education Brief) Systems thinking—looking at the whole system, rather than individual sections—sounds like it should be a given in any company, organization or institution...

• Filetype: pdf
• Publish date: 2009-06
• Keywords:Continuous Improvement, Baldrige National Quality Program, Higher Education Brief

Using a State Quality Award at a Research University

by Dew, John

This article describes how the University of Alabama used the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria as the yardstick for measuring and improving the institution...

• Filetype: doc
• Publish date: 2007-03
• Keywords:Baldrige National Quality Program

Baldrige...Why This Journey?

by Byrnes, Margaret

Those who have followed the Baldridge path have discovered that amazingly, it does work. While not a quick fix, any school district can reap major improvement - and do so fairly rapidly - when it takes action based on answers to the questions posed by the..

• Filetype: doc
• Publish date: 2007-03
• Keywords:Baldrige National Quality Program

Baldrige Criteria Mark the Path for

by Williams, Jerry

A May 2006 visit from the Minnesota Council for Quality site team validated the Rochester School District's continuous improvement efforts. At that time, the site team commented, "Faculty and staff portray a commitment to improvement that has become a way..

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• Publish date: 2007-03
• Keywords:Baldrige National Quality Program

State Quality Award Programs Take Baldrige to School

by Menzer, Elizabeth

Schools looking to begin, enhance or sustain their performance improvement journey should turn to state quality programs for guidance, learning opportunities and resources...

• Filetype: doc
• Publish date: 2007-03
• Keywords:Baldrige National Quality Program

Demystifying Baldrige: Lessons Learned by an Urban Public School District

by Marino, Jay; Marward, Dave

Implementing the Baldrige framework as a comprehensive improvement model in an urban school district has its challenges. This articles describes how one school district made it work..

• Filetype: doc
• Publish date: 2007-03
• Keywords:Baldrige National Quality Program

Using Baldrige Criteria to Measure Progress

Originally presented at the 2003 National Quality in Education Conference..

• Filetype: ppt
• Publish date: 2005-01
• Keywords:Baldrige National Quality Program