Graduated in Full Degree Education (UFSM), Master of Education (UFSM), Doctorate in Education (UFRGS) Internship at the Centre for Research and Policy of Higher Education / CIPES (U. Porto, Pt) postdoctoral (UFRGS) on Accreditation and Evaluation. He is currently Associate Professor in the School Administration Department of the Federal University of Education Center of Santa Maria (UFSM). Leads the research group "Evaluation in Higher Education" (2000) certified by UFSM and DgpCNPq. Coordinates the Institutional Evaluation Commission of the EC (UFSM). It has great involvement with research and extension projects within public and private institutions, with emphasis on the Higher Education Evaluation policies, mainly in the following themes: Higher Education, University, Institutional Evaluation, Internal assessment: self-assessment, institutional evaluation Participative , external evaluation, large-scale assessment, Education Indicators and Evaluation Management.