Abstract
This article is product of the investigation: “the public policy of elevating the quality of the superior education: an analysis of the autoevaluation process and of national accreditation”, that is inscribed in the ‘Vicerrectoría de Investigación’ with the registration 213-A2-014. It’s purpose is to characterize and to analyze the national politics of surveillance commended to the State on the offer of superior education, for whose effects are approached the implemented inspection and the magnitude of the competition or university offer.