%0 Journal Article %T Concept and Determinants of Quality in Higher Education. A Survey Conducted amongst Spanish University Lecturers. Concepto y Determinantes de la Calidad de la Educaci車n Superior. Un Sondeo de Opini車n entre Profesores de Universidades Espa olas. %A Antonio Cardona Rodr赤guez %A Miren Barrenetxea Ayesta %A Juan Jos谷 Mijangos del Campo %A Jon Olaskoaga Larrauri %J Education Policy Analysis Archives %D 2009 %I %X This article presents a portion of the results obtained through a survey and about different aspects related to quality in higher education conducted with University lecturers in Spain specialized in the areas of Economics and Business during the period February-April 2008. After providing a brief description of the main features of our research this article examines the ideas about quality in higher education as well as who are the agents involved in it. This article includes a brief analysis of some of the most relevant results about the impact of actions aimed at the improvement of quality of higher education, and it analyses the opinions about different ways to understand quality. En este art赤culo presentamos parte de los resultados de un sondeo realizado entre profesores universitarios espa oles de las 芍reas de econom赤a y empresa entre febrero y abril de 2008 sobre diversos aspectos ligados a la calidad de la educaci車n superior. Se exponen fundamentos sobre la calidad en la educaci車n superior y sobre los agentes que intervienen en ella. Se describe brevemente nuestro trabajo de investigaci車n y se presenta un breve an芍lisis de algunos de los resultados m芍s relevantes en cuanto a la incidencia de diversos factores en la mejora de la calidad de la educaci車n superior, y en cuanto a la opini車n sobre diversas formas de entender esa calidad. %K higher education %K quality %K university. %U http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/12