MERCOSUR Degree Accreditation System (ARCU-SUR) at the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of the Republic - UruguayParticipation in the ARCU-SUR poses in racing the debate on the quality and assurance as well as the institutional response to it. Burst into the issues arising as the recognition of diplomas, the new institutions, the public-private and university-state relations. This article presents a review of the fundaments, results and impacts at the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of the Republic, Uruguay, by the Experimental Mechanism of Accreditation of Degree of MERCOSUR (MEXA) Accreditation System ARCU -SUR and focusing on spillover effects, but in retrospect explores the institutional evolution in policy evaluation.
Key words:
Accreditation; Evaluation; ARCU-SUR