Quality in higher education: analysis and discussion of evaluative standards internal consistency

Abstract

This work is a comparison of four legal regulations and their quality assessment practices: A3ESvs EQA vs ISO 9001 vs ISO 4455. As basic elements of cross functional analysis and conceptual cross analysis, we present the analysis and discussion of the internal consistency of each of the standards. Is carried out an integrative discussion with the intention of enhancing the usefulness and signaling axes of analyses and assessment of evaluation practices on three different perspectives: perspective of the rated entity; perspective of the value; perspective of the public interest.