Abstract

NOGUEIRA, Danielle Xabregas Pamplona; MOREIRA, Ana Maria de Albuquerque; SANTOS, Catarina de Almeida  and  LOZZI, Silene de Paulino. Austerity policies and higher education: the presence of public school students and the future of universities at risk. J. Pol. Educ-s [online]. 2020, vol.14, e70093.  Epub Apr 20, 2022. ISSN 1981-1969.  https://doi.org/10.5380/jpe.v14i0.70093.

This article discusses the threats to the recent advances made with social policies directed to the democratization of Brazilian higher education, imposed by the austerity policies that dominate the current government's economic proposals. The results of these policies are evidenced in the analysis of the profile of students from public schools that have entered public universities, especially federal ones, through the implementation of programs that allowed the access, permanence and training of individuals hitherto excluded from this educational level. The analysis of students' profile, academic trajectory and strategies to support their stay at the university was performed using descriptive statistics from data taken from the 2018 Higher Education Census, available from the Anísio Teixeira National Institute for Educational Studies and Research of Brazil (Inep). We conclude that there is no doubt that the few advances that have been made in overcoming barriers to public school students' access to public universities in recent years are at risk from ongoing setbacks and threats in the face of an uncertain future.

Keywords : Higher Education; Austerity Policies; Access and permanence; Public school students.

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