作者: Fernando F. Padró

Julie A. Furst-Bowe, Ed D, is provost and vice chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She provides leadership to the nationally-recognized quality improvement program at UW-Stout and has served as a senior examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program. UW-Stout is Wisconsin’s polytechnic university and was the first higher education institution to receive the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Dr. Furst-Bowe has led her university in its STEM education efforts, including K–12 Outreach, STEM education, and STEM career internship/placement. Prior to becoming provost at UW-Stout, Julie served as a faculty member, department chair, assessment coordinator, and associate vice chancellor at UW-Stout. Dr. Furst-Bowe is recognized nationally and internationally for her expertise in quality in higher education and has authored several articles and a book on this topic, Quality and Performance Excellence in Higher Education. She is an editor of the International Journal of Excellence in Education, dedicated to quality in higher education. She has served as a quality improvement consultant for numerous colleges and universities and is currently under contract to provide consulting services to Singapore’s Ministry of Education and Ahlia University in Bahrain. She serves as the Higher Education Chair of the ASQ Education Division. She can be reached at [email protected].