Policies for evaluation and regulation of higher education in brazil

Abstract

This article explores the trajectory of the policies of evaluation and regulation of higher education in Brazil, whose genesis must be sought in internal regulatory movements in the country. This process began in the 70’s of the 20th century, when the first postgraduate evaluation initiatives were created at national level, and it continues over time. The text focuses on the processes that are gradually established in the period between that historical moment, the subsequent decades and recent years, taking as a conclusive landmark the National Education Plan, approved by law in 2014. Based on the key moments identified through documentary analysis, distinct phases between the origins, organization and consolidation of processes of evaluation and regulation of higher education in Brazil are considered. Throughout this trajectory, the main landmarks of the development of the Evaluating State in Brazil have been constructed, which are characterized by a strong technical and bureaucratic apparatus that, that little by little, prints a new design to the higher education policies that have in the regulation a strong component of its present design.