Abstract

OLIVEIRA, João Ferreira de  and  MORAES, Karine Nunes de. KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN BRAZIL: TENSIONS, TENDENCIES AND CHALLENGES. Educ. Rev. [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.4, pp.73-95. ISSN 1982-6621.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-4698161626.

This paper analyzes the tensions, tendencies and challenges of the expansion and knowledge production in Brazilian universities, considering the changes in the global capitalism and in the policies for research and postgraduate studies in Brazil. The study shows that this production has become a matter of State, especially since the 1990s, due to the need to increase business and the country's competitiveness in the productive globalization scenario. The consolidation of postgraduate education, the creation of sector funds, as well as the expansion of funding for research, has strongly contributed to the expansion of knowledge generation, as the indicators about Brazilian scientific production has evidenced. In this context, the study points to significant changes in the educational policies, expansion and knowledge generation, especially in terms of the objectives and the modus operandi of the university and the academic work.

Keywords : Knowledge production; Post graduation; Science and technology policies..

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