NUQIP @ Northwood: A Catalyst for Change

Higher education has changed dramatically; by adapting AQIP, Northwood accepts that a catalyst for change is necessary to continually improve and meet the changing higher education demands.

The Handbook for Accreditation published by the Higher Learning Commission summarizes the program:

"The Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) infuses the principles and benefits of continuous improvement into the culture of colleges and universities by providing an alternative process through which an already-accredited institution can maintain its accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. AQIP calls for institutions to self-assess, using a quality perspective. Analyzing an institution within a quality framework differs from typical approaches to self-study. Seizing significant improvement opportunities requires a systems perspective, not commonplace concentration on individual operational "silos." Self-assessments that narrowly review single offices, units, programs, or departments, even if they eventually survey everything in an institution, miss the chance to see the relations among things — links that may be missing, weak, or ineffective" (Chapter 6).

Contact Information
Northwood University
NUQIP Team
4000 Whiting Drive
Midland, MI 48640