Information system: contributions to implement institutional policies of development of stricto sensu Postgraduate and for the compliance with of Capes

Abstract

Introduction: The evaluation of graduate programs conducted by Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) for over 35 years, based on information collected from the programs themselves, constitutes an important government policy to promote the development graduate studies and research in science and technology in Brazil.
Objectives: To identify and analyze the information regime adopted in the process of evaluating the programs of post-graduate studies at UEL, as well as the elements that compose them in order to improve the information process of Capes and provide subsidies for planning of the institutional policies of development of the post graduate, scientific production and technological in the institutional context.
Methodology: The research used as qualitative strategy of investigation an interview script that enabled us to identify and characterize the information system in the evaluation process, its elements and the possible interferences to the development of programs in this context.
Results: The information regime in the process of evaluating the programs of post-graduate studies at UEL is characterize as following: “actors” that interact with one another, using "resources" to search and treatment of information necessary to the evaluation process, that through "channels" disseminate the products and results that, in turn, generate several "messages", with different levels of understanding and action.
Conclusion: To provide for academic and administrative managers some substantial data and reflections in order to improve information management, to establish policies that contribute to the development of stricto sensu postgraduate and activities, as well as the evaluation process of Capes.