Abstract The objective of this article is to analyze, from the current government policies point of view, the way higher education is faced in Colombia. The methodology used is the descriptive analysis following these steps: 1) characterization of quality and person concept. 2) Analysis of scope and limitations from relevant categories for the subject of study. 3) Identification of the anthropological principles not covered by the system's agents in quality assurance in Colombia. 4) Development of a complementary proposal which, in addition to the existing ones, addresses the criterion of “education with quality “and not just “quality in education” in a framework of excellence focused on the person as an aim of the education task. Finally, the article will provide interesting conclusions about critical principles of education.