Avaliação institucional numa Universidade Multicampi: diálogos, tensões e interfaces com o planejamento

Abstract

The subject of the institutional evaluation has been the object of research and reflections in order to qualify the Brazilian University. The Institutional Evaluation is part of a State policy, as well as the processes of Regulation and follow-up of higher education in Brazil. The National System of Evaluation of Higher Education -SINAES was instituted by Law 10,861 of April 14, 2004, succeeding other experiences and processes in the same direction. It covers the evaluation of Higher educational institutions and Undergraduate Courses, becoming an instrument for accrediting and re-teaching Institutions. The system includes the measurement of student performance through the Performance Evaluation of National Examination that complements other forms of on-site evaluation, from ten dimensions, effectively setting up a system. Based on the assumption that evaluation processes are aimed to improve the quality of education, institutions and the effectiveness of higher education regulation. The purpose of this study was to understand to what extent the evaluation processes, conducted internally by the Self Evaluation Commission and institution of higher education, are effective within what advocates SINAES. The aim was to analyze the reflection of these actions in institutional planning as a form of feedback quality cycle. With a specific cut of the Sistema complex, we opted for a preferential look at the impact of Institutional Evaluation in improving the management of Higher Education Institutions. The study was characterized as a case study, focused on a Public University, created in 2008, in a multicampi format, with campus in ten cities of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. This condition led to an initial evaluation trajectory, without references in previous policies, requiring an important role of the management and the actors who led this process. To do this, from a time perspective, the periods between 2008 and 2015 were chosen, characterized by two different administrations of the University, which allowed a more comprehensive and polygenic view. Data were collected through documentary analysis and interviews with managers of the institution and submitted to the analysis of content, using the Bardin framework. Authors such as Dias Sobrinho, Cunha, Ristoff and Sa guided the theoretical look of the investigation. The study favored the understanding and registration of the trajectory of the Institutional Evaluation in the University revealing the impact of the geographic question on the planning and evaluation processes. It also pointed out the relationship between the context lived by the Institution and the processes that led to the implementation of SINAES. It was evident the complexity of the evaluation process and its relation to planning, including different norms and benchmarks, showing yet, as a result, their theoretical and practical approaches. It also allowed the identification of institutional actors and their involvement in the evaluation theme and the discussion of their results in order to build a culture of evaluation. Finally, the study allowed some inferences about the conduct of the process of evaluation in Brazilian higher education within the context of a public Higher educational institutions showing impasses and possibilities with a view moving towards efficient public management.