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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1414-4077</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Avaliação: Revista da Avaliação da Educação Superior (Campinas)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Avaliação]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1414-4077</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Publicação da Rede de Avaliação Institucional da Educação Superior (RAIES), da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) e da Universidade de Sorocaba (UNISO)]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1414-40772015000100049</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.590/S1414-40772015000100005</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[As Agências Nacionais de Acreditação no Sistema ARCU-SUL: primeiras considerações]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The National Higher Education Acreditation Agencies in Arcu-Sur: first considerations]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barreyro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gladys Beatriz]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lagoria]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvana Lorena]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hizume]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriella de Camargo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de São Paulo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Paulo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Córdoba  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Córdoba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Francisco Belttrão ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>49</fpage>
<lpage>72</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1414-40772015000100049&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1414-40772015000100049&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1414-40772015000100049&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[O texto analisa o papel das Ag&#234;ncias Nacionais de Acredita&#231;&#227;o (ANAs), que s&#227;o os &#243;rg&#227;os respons&#225;veis pela execu&#231;&#227;o das acredita&#231;&#245;es dos cursos no Sistema Regional de Acredita&#231;&#227;o de Cursos Universit&#225;rios (ARCU-SUL) no Mercosul Educacional. O ARCU-SUL foi criado em 2008, com car&#225;ter permanente, ap&#243;s ter funcionado entre os anos de 2004 e 2006 o Mecanismo Experimental de Acredita&#231;&#227;o de Cursos Universit&#225;rios (MEXA) que acreditou cursos de medicina, engenharia e agronomia. O trabalho mostra resultados parciais de pesquisa baseada em an&#225;lise documental e entrevistas. S&#227;o apresentadas as caracter&#237;sticas das ag&#234;ncias dos pa&#237;ses origin&#225;rios do Mercosul, Argentina, Brasil, Paraguai e Uruguai, e analisadas segundo quatro crit&#233;rios: forma de cria&#231;&#227;o; autonomia; natureza; estrutura e compatibilidade como ANA no marco da Rede de Ag&#234;ncias Nacionais de Acredita&#231;&#227;o. Conclui-se que o ARCU-SUL n&#227;o est&#225; implantado completamente ainda, pois n&#227;o tem acreditado cursos em todos os pa&#237;ses do bloco e que isto n&#227;o est&#225; apenas vinculado com a maior ou menor experi&#234;ncia de avalia&#231;&#227;o da educa&#231;&#227;o superior dos pa&#237;ses.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The paper analyzes the role of National Accreditation Agencies (ANAs), which are the organs responsible for carrying out the accreditation of courses in Mercosur Educativo's Regional Courses Accreditation System (ARCU-SUL). The ARCU-SUL was created in 2008 as a permanent system after a previous experience with the Courses Accreditation Experimental Mechanism in 2004-2006, which had accreditated medical engineering and agronomy courses. The text presents partial research results based on documentary analysis and interviews. It points out the characteristics of the accreditation agencies of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and analyzes them according to four criteria: creation; autonomy; nature; structure as ANA and compatibility within the Network of National Agencies for Accreditation. We conclude that the ARCU-SUL is not fully implemented yet, because it has no accredited courses in all the four countries and that it is not only linked with greater or lesser experience of higher education assessment in each country.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mercosur Educativo.]]></kwd>
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