LAURENTINO SALVADOR BLANCO
Evaluación institucional universitaria en Europa y América
Latina.
JOSÉ TOMAZ VIEIRA PEREIRA
Evaluación institucional: objetivos y criterios.
MARÍA CONCEPCIÓN PELETEIRO
Las estructuras de poder y los procesos de evaluación.
F. JAVIER TEJEDOR TEJEDOR
Informes en la evaluación institucional.
MARÍA DROSILE VASCONCELLOS
La implicación social de la evaluación.
HORACIO MOBILIA Y ANA GARCÍA-VALCÁRCEL
Reflexiones sobre la calidad en la en señanza superior.
ÁNGEL GARCÍA DEL DUJO
La formación del profesorado universitario como acción
estratégica en la mejora de la calidad institucional.
F. JAVIER TEJEDOR TEJEDOR
INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION IN THE UNIVERSITY CONTEXT
The institutional evaluation is a subject of fundamental importance
for the higher education institutions, facing the raising interest by the
society in the efficiency and quality of the activities developed by the
Universities. This article focus on the necessity that higher education
institutions, make clear its own goals when starts the institutional evaluation
process. The reflections about experiences of others are very important
to help the own planning processes, but local, regional and national characteristics
must be taken in account.
Key words: Institutional evaluation, Accreditation, Higher education,
Methodology for institutional evaluation.
LAURENTINO SALVADOR BLANCO
UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA
The article defines three institutional evaluation models (English,
French and Dutch one) and revises some of the experiences in institutional
evaluation fron Europe and Latin America trying to extract points in common
as well as between them. We could say that, mostly, the projects of institutional
evaluation plan at universities emerge promoted by universities themselves
and are pushed by goverments inside the context of institutional improvements.
Most of the governments put the control that implies the accreditation
of universities to give the correspondent degrees. In generat terms, we
could say that, the academic institutions put the stress improvements while
the governments do the same with the control or accreditation of them.
This is largely explained in the National Plan for Universities Quality
Evaluation in progress at the time being in Spain and some ideas being
considered for a better implantation of the plan.
Key words: Institutional Evaluation, Accreditation, Institutional
Evaluation Models, Evaluation of Universities.
JOSE TOMAZ VIEIRA PEREIRA
INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION : OBJECTIVES AND CRITERIA
The evaluation processes must have general and specifics objectives,
and the eva lua tion criteria must be clearly established for all parts
of the institution that would be involved in it.
Together with the goals, must be clear that institutional evaluation
is a continuum process were the objectives need to be achieved and redefined
periodically. This put the higher education institutions in a permanent
process of self-regulation focusing on the improvement of the quality in
all the activities carry out by the institution.
Key words: Institutional evaluation, objectives for institutional
evaluation, criteria for institutional evaluation, school effectiveness.
MARIA CONCEPCION PELETEIRO
THE STRUCTURES OF POWER AND THE PROCESS OF EVALUATION
The present work describes the viewa of the author on what concerns
the relations between the established power and the evaluation processes
that are being followed in different countries in Europe and in South America,
namely Brazil. The need for more transparency in the use of public funds
is possibly the main reasson for the pressure the gouverments are putting
over the universities, imposing or suggesting institutional and/or thematic
evaluation procedures.
The Portuguese experience is presented in detail, refering to the positive
relations that presently exist between the governments and the institutions
that represents the Portuguese universities.
Key words: Structures of power, institutional evaluation, education
quality, Portuguese universities.
F. JAVIER TEJEDOR TEJEDOR
THE REPORT IN THE INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION
The management group will prepare a standard form for the content of
the report. It is responsibility of the committee to organize the
traslation of the diverse report:self-assessment report, department report,
faculties report, university report,... A substantial area for discussion
is the use of statistical data and performance indicators. Most experts
seem to agree that there is no necessary link between performance indicators
and quality, which is about much more than measures of output.
Key words: Institutional Evaluation, Self-assessment Report,
Final Report, Evaluation Report.
MARÍA DROSILE VASCONCELLOS
SOCIAL IMPLICATION OF EVALUATION
The reasons for the interest in evaluation are related with the evergrowing
state expenses in a context of taxes cut off and with the users demands
of better quality in public services. There is a gap between the supply
of university curriculums and demands of enterprises.
Key words: Institutional evaluation, Employment, Vocational
education.
HORACIO MOBILIA Y ANA GARCIA-VALCARCEL
REFLECTIONS ABOUT QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Teaching quality assessment examines, makes comments and offers judgements
on the student educational experience and achievement in specific subject
areas. Its looks at whether provission in the subject being assessed at
the institution concerned is achieving its own objectives. Academic total
quality audit looks at the systems and arrangements by which institutions
maintain both quality. Addresing the improvement of teaching and learning
through total quality, devotes attention to the idea of regarding students
as customers and emphasizes making the student-teacher relationship more
mutually responsive.
Key words: Total Quality, Quality assessment, Higher Education,
Achievements of Quality Assessment, Total Quality Management.
ANGEL GARCIA DEL DUJO
THE UNIVERSITY TEACHERS' TRAINING AS STRATEGIC ACTION TO IMPROVE
THE INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY.
This article shows how the university teachers training must be seen
as strategic action to improve the institutional quality. An utilitarian
and mass university, as we think the university in our days is, requires
inmediate attention about the way the internal elements of the system are
affected. One of these elements, perhaps the most sensitive at the point
of strategic view, is the university teachers. In this work we analyze
the disconcerting and problematic situation they have in the research and
teaching activities and we propose the pedagogical and vocational training
as the best way to improve the institutional quality.
Key words: Institutional quality, Pedagogical and vocational
training, Strategic action, Teaching-Research nexus, Educational new view.
