In this episode, we have a conversation with an assessment leader who adapts The Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award to higher education through a framework known as "Champion for Excellence." Our guest is Bridget Dewees, who serves as Senior Officer for Institutional Effectiveness at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Links to resources mentioned in this episode:
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce):
https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/baldrige-award
HBCU-CEEQA (Collaborative for Excellence in Educational Quality Assurance):
https://hbcu-ceeqa.org/
This season of Leading Improvements in Higher Education is sponsored by the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University; learn more at jmu.edu/assessment.
Episode recorded: March 2026. Host: Stephen Hundley. Producers: Chad Beckner and Angela Bergman. Original music: Caleb Keith. This award-winning podcast is a service of the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis; learn more go.iu.edu/assessmentinstitute.
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