In light of actions implemented in Brazil and other countries of Ibero-America in recent years, the text discusses the call to action made by the World Conference on Higher Education, 2009, organized by UNESCO and points to advances and obstacles (1 ) in quality assurance public policies and their respective processes of development of national systems of evaluation and regulation of higher education, (2) in the inclusion policies, social relevance and use of the full potential of communities, and (3) in the policies of innovation and intensive use of new information and communication technologies. The text argues that issues historically considered taboo start to become important mainstays of public policies in the region.
World Conference on Higher Education; Quality; Evaluation; Inclusion; Innovation
