The author analyzes the possibilities that institutional evaluation, as an instrument in the formulation of policies to improve the administrative procedures, offers to federal universities. Considering specific characteristics of these institutions, she evaluates their limits and perspectives in the institutional evaluation model of SINAES, of which the Internal Evaluation Committees (CPAs) are a very important part. Mainly aspects relative to the composition of these committees and their place in the structure of the federal universities are analyzed through the use of qualitative and quantitative data.
Institutional evaluation; SINAES; Federal universities; University administration; Planning
