La Gestión de Calidad ante la Actual Dimensión Universitaria en España

Abstract

The main initiatives implemented by the Spanish universities in the context of the European Space for Higher Education, to improve and guarantee the quality of their work are described and analyzed. Starting from a brief historical description of the term "quality", the important changes, although relatively slow, that the Spanish universities have experienced to reach the current level, are established and discussed. Quality in the universities has left the background status that occupied in the past top become the real axis on which all educational activities are developed. A general visión of the institutional and strategic actions, that in quality terms are assuming the Spanish universities, is offered, discussing the main challenges that still need to be face.