The evaluation and accreditation in higher education: the case of the University of Cuenca

Higher education is a field of study, interdisciplinary approach, relatively new. In the last decades public policies under evaluation and accreditation of higher education have been accepted by most governments around the world, so it is necessary to investigate the subject. The research aims to analyze the speeches on the evaluation and accreditation that the University of Cuenca has had from the perspective of the actors involved. The approach will be qualitative, case study, whose participants will be the different people directly involved with the preparation processes for external evaluation and accreditation. The instrument that will be used will be the semi -structured interview. It is expected to have a baseline with the different speeches on the subject that serves to reflect and feedback public policy on quality assurance.

15th UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COMPETITION