The training and teaching qualifications are all indicative of the quality of education. Several schools of thought examine the training and teaching qualification for teaching in higher education, considering the economic or educational focus. This article seeks to distinguish two approaches, revealing elements that show the intricate relations between them. Reflects also on the effects of the completion of necessary legal aspects related to the titration to higher education and describes public policies for training, qualification and evaluation of teachers of higher education in Brazil. Seeks to not only raise, but emphasized the need for discussion about the teacher training for the exercise of the teaching in higher educaction.
Higher education; Teacher training; Quality
