Sinaes and the quality conception: knowledge of the academic managers in the Universities of the Grande São Paulo

Abstract

This text aims to understand the quality conceptions assumed by the academic managers and verify if they recognize in Sinaes the commitment to ensure this quality. It is a qualitative and exploratory research in the field of Human Sciences. Twenty-two managers of public universities, denominational and private in Greater São Paulo were interviewed. The results pointed out that in the private institutions the quality is put in recognition by the job market; public institutions view the quality resulting from scientific production; already the denominational institutions have the quality reflected in the full formation of the Christian citizen and in the possibility of the political formation of the man. Even with criticism of Sinaes, managers admit that the results of evaluations have a direct and sometimes positive effect on the management of academic management.