Internationalisation has gained prominence in debates on higher education and can be analysed from different perspectives, including cross-border higher education. Cross-border higher education entails relevant challenges, namely regarding its quality. This paper intends to discuss, based on a literature review, the link between cross-border higher education and quality assurance, namely the role quality assurance may have in contributing to a quality cross-border educational offer. 79 documents (indexed in Scopus or Web of Science) published between 1998 and 2019 were content analysed. The results show that both internal and external quality assurance are relevant topics when discussing cross-border higher education and a means to stimulate the overall quality of this educational offer. Moreover, to be effective, quality assurance must rely on cooperation and mutual trust between importing and exporting countries, including their quality assurance agencies.
Resumo: Os processos de acreditação na educação superior vêm sendo uma prática apresentada em diversos países que buscam avaliar a qualidade dos diversos serviços que são oferecidos em uma instituição de educação superior. O presente artigo busca analisar o contexto da educação superior brasileira no que diz respeito ao desenvolvimento de avaliações suportadas pelo Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior (SINAES) e as relações com o desenvolvimento de processos de acreditação. Utiliza-se de entrevistas semiestruturadas com atores de alguns países que vem desenvolvendo a sistemática de acreditação e com atores do Brasil que estão envolvidos com os processos avaliativos, além de uma revisão teórica acerca da temática pesquisada.
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