ASQ Higher Education Brief
The January 2010 issue of ASQ Higher Education Brief focuses on workforce development. We welcome your opinions about this newsletter. Feel free to share them with us or with other members.
Editorial: Community Colleges Vital to Workforce Development
Community colleges shouldn’t be overlooked when workers look to expand and improve their skill sets. Read More (registration required)
Community Colleges: Student Engagement and Workforce Development
During the last few years, there has been increased interest in community colleges for workforce development, and more students are looking to these colleges for their degrees. Read More (registration required)
ASQ Certifications: Great Workforce Development Tools
Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana is working with ASQ to develop training programs for the certified quality improvement associate and Six Sigma Green Belt certifications. Read More (registration required)
Community Colleges: First Responders for Economic Recovery
This Oregon community college is developing certification and degree programs to answer industry workforce needs in the region. Read More (registration required)
ASQ and Workforce Investment Act
ASQ has been approved as a Workforce Investment Act provider in 21 states, allowing ASQ to use its courses to aid workforce development. Read More (registration required)
Finding the Need and Endeavoring to Meet It
Sinclair Community College’s workforce development and corporate services division continuously pursues new partnerships within the greater Dayton, OH, community to address the region’s business needs. Read More (registration required)
Preparing for the Oral Defense of a Dissertation
This comprehensive guide details how to handle a dissertation defense and what the student will experience along the way. Read More (registration required)
A Move Toward Four-year Degrees
More and more community colleges want to offer four-year degree programs. Here, read about how community college administrators are trying to make that happen:
- “More community colleges offering 4-year degrees,” Tampa Bay Online.
- “Community colleges lobby to offer 4-year degrees,” Mlive.com
Community College Quality Success Story
Richland College, a community college in Dallas, is the only community college to have earned a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Read a profile of the college and its journey in continuous improvement. Read more
Educating the Workforce: The Center for American Progress’s Paper on Working Learners
The Center for American Progress offers information and insight into workforce development. The organization has said, “Workforce development should not be about skills-training alone, but also the attainment of post-secondary credentials to improve working learners’ ability to participate in today’s dynamic knowledge economy.” Read more
ASQ Certification Leads to Credit Hours at RIT
Through a partnership between ASQ and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), credit hours are offered to individuals who hold certain ASQ certifications. In addition, ASQ certifications will replace the RIT work experience qualification and fulfill up to half of the professional requirements for the RIT Bachelor of Science Program. Read more
2010 Salary Survey
Each year, ASQ’s Quality Progress conducts a salary survey and publishes its results in the December issue. Here, read about the 2010 survey results and how quality professionals’ salaries fared. Read more
Check out The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook, by Roderick A. Munro, Matthew J. Maio, Mohamed B. Nawaz, Govindarajan Ramu and Daniel J. Zrymiak
Of Interest
Baldrige Self-Assessment for Higher Education
Register Now for the Lean and Six Sigma Conference
Check out the Education Division
The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook
ANSI/ISO/ASQ 9001-2008: Quality Management Systems—Requirements
Learn More
ASQ Higher Education Brief Articles Archive
Quality in Higher Education Blog by John Dew
Quality Progress Education Articles
Events
- Baldrige Self-Assessment for Higher Education
March 1–2, 2010
Las Vegas - World Conference on Quality and Improvement
May 24–26, 2010
St. Louis
ASQ Higher Education Brief Contacts
Cindy Veenstra, Ph.D., Advising Editor
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