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SOUZA, Regina Farias de  e  SOUZA, Kellcia Rezende. Student dropout in the self-assessment projects of Graduate Programs in Education in Brazil. Práxis Educativa [online]. 2025, vol.20, e24814.  Epub 18-Dez-2025. ISSN 1809-4309.  https://doi.org/10.5212/praxeduc.v.20.24814.071.

The 2019 Self-Assessment Report of Graduate Programs from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) suggested that, in their self-assessment processes, programs should investigate the reasons for student dropout. Self-assessment of stricto sensu Graduate Programs was then incorporated into the CAPES evaluation form for the four-year evaluation cycle-2021-2024. Considering that student dropout has become a growing phenomenon in graduate education, this study focused on the field of Education-one of the areas with the largest number of programs in the country-with the aim of analyzing how student dropout is addressed in the self-assessment projects of Graduate Programs in Education between 2019 and 2024. To this end, the study adopts a mixed-methods approach, combining literature review and documentary research. The results indicate that, of the 23 programs selected, three have consolidated self-assessment projects, but none implemented the suggestion to include student dropout as a topic of discussion. It is also inferred that the absence of specific policies to address dropout in graduate education represents a limitation within the Brazilian educational policy agenda.

Palavras-chave : Student self-assessment; Student dropout; Graduate education policy..

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