As influências do SINAES na gestão de duas instituições de ensino superior e seu desempenho no ENADE.

Abstract

There are various themes in Education that stand out in academic discussion. Among them, the Institutional Evaluation, assuredly, imposes itself, due to its relevance and, above all, for all the research done that hasn’t yet exhausted the full extent of its meaning. The current research was carried out in the context of the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate course of the Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE) and is linked to the line of research Public Policies in Education, Educational Practices and Diversity. The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of institutional evaluation policies in force in our country to the practices developed in higher education institutions, as well as their implications to the management of such institution, given the results achieved in the institutional evaluation. This research was conducted in two higher education institutions and is characterized as a study case of qualitative approach. The subjects were managers, course coordinators, teachers and students who belong to the permanent staff in the researched institutions. The search for thorough knowledge of SINAES had become an urgent need and has entered the daily lives of people and institutions. The evaluative system’s pressure has become more intense given the State’s control and because of the use of mechanisms based on evaluation parameters, incoherent and unequal in their responsibilities, although justified by the discourse of the promotion of quality in education. It is clear that the institutional evaluation should become an instrument to be used by the institutions to overcome their weaknesses, allowing their development from the real needs of the academic community and, therefore, enabling the improvement of its management and, as a consequence, achieving quality in higher education. The analysis of the research data revealed significant aspects related to the understanding of the quality of higher education and the obstacles presented in the SINAES Law, and, above all, the impact of the results of the institutional evaluation in the management of the Higher Education Institutions researched.