The study aims to analyze how the system of collaboration process is stated in the official documents of the state and in the State universities of central-west region, and how the process of institutional evaluation is conducted according to the Federal Constitution of 1988 (CF88), to the Education Law - 9.394/96 (Lei das Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional - LDBEN), and the law of National System of Evaluation to the Higher Education - 10.861/04 (SINAES). Through a theoretical and documental analysis, it also seeks to clarify the challenges and contradictions of this process in the State Universities of Goiás (UEG), Mato Grosso do Sul (UEMS) and Mato Grosso (UNEMAT). The study presents an analysis of the national legislation on the system of collaboration process between the federal entities, especially in the evaluation processes, as well as how the documents of the States that regulate the state system of higher education and the projects of institutional evaluation of the referred State universities (UEs) predict (or not) the system of collaboration.
Key words:
State universities; System of collaboration; Institutional evaluation