Self-evaluation and CPA
Self-evaluation at PPGCOM-UNIP is a permanent, systematic and participatory process, conceived as a strategic tool for the qualification of academic training, the improvement of the Program's management and the strengthening of the evaluation culture among teachers, students and graduates.
Objectives
The purpose of self-evaluation is to:
- Identify potential, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement;
- Support decision-making and the redirection of strategic actions;
- Monitoring the coherence between the Program's objectives, the results achieved and the requirements of the National Postgraduate System (SNPG);
- Contribute to improving the PPG's training, scientific production and social inclusion policies;
- Increasing the degree of participation of the academic community in decision-making processes and in the construction of collective goals.
Methods and instruments
The self-evaluation process is based on quantitative and qualitative methods, using institutional documentary sources, academic indicators and active listening to the community. The instruments used include:
- Application of electronic forms with closed and open questions to teachers, students and graduates;
- Survey and analysis of data from the Sucupira Platform, intellectual production reports and minutes of the Collegiate;
- Evaluation of the adherence of teaching and student projects to the lines of research;
- Monitoring academic actions and the results of training and orientation activities;
- Evaluating the social and academic impacts of research and training activities.
The data is systematized in reports that make up the Program's evaluation cycle and serve as a basis for planning subsequent actions.
Evaluation Criteria
The self-assessment of PPGCOM-UNIP observes criteria that cover multiple dimensions of the Program's operation, including:
- Quality of teaching, student and graduate production;
- Suitability of training to the institutional mission and objectives of the PPG;
- Consistency between research projects, lines and area of concentration;
- Insertion of graduates in the academic world and the job market;
- The social, cultural and scientific impact of the research carried out;
- Administrative efficiency and infrastructure conditions.
Process Managers
Responsibility for conducting the self-evaluation process is shared between the Program Board and Coordination and the Planning and Evaluation Commission (CPA).
The CPA is responsible for organizing the instruments, consolidating the data, writing the reports and proposing guidelines, always in dialogue with the other institutional players.
Self-evaluation is also linked to the reports drawn up by UNIP's Own Evaluation Commission, whose sectoral results are sent to the Graduate Programs and considered as inputs for improving the PPG's actions.
Planning and Evaluation Committee (CPA)
Since the 2017-2020 cycle, the PPG has had its own Planning and Evaluation Committee, set up with the aim of broadening the participation of the academic community and consolidating the evaluation culture. As of 2021, the CPA also has planning functions, promoting strategic actions and monitoring the results achieved.
The CPA is made up of the Program's coordinators, three professors from the Permanent Teaching Nucleus (NDP), two student representatives (master's and doctorate) and one graduate representative. Its role is to critically analyse the results of training, scientific production and social impact, in addition to formulating proposals organized by degree of priority (high, medium and low), based on institutional data and its own evaluation instruments.
The committee operates under the logic of the PDCA cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act), and is based on documents:
- CAPES Evaluation Form and Quadrennial Reports;
- Minutes of the Program Board;
- Evaluation reports on teaching research projects;
- Data from the Sucupira Platform on teaching, student and graduate production;
- Survey forms applied to teachers, students and graduates;
- UNIP institutional evaluation reports;
- Other documents.
Current composition of the CPA
The PPGCOM-UNIP Planning and Evaluation Committee is currently made up of:
- Coordination: Prof. Dr. Maurício Ribeiro da Silva
- NDP Professors: Prof. Dr. Vander Casaqui, Prof. Dr. Laura Loguercio Cánepa and Prof. Dr. Clarice Greco Alves
- Student Representatives: Fátima Lucia Mauleon (master's student) and Adrianne Fonseca (doctoral student).
- Graduate Representatives: Sandra Vieira Maia
Documents:
- CPA Regulations
- Report - Evaluation Summary