Políticas de acão afirmativa, novo ingrediente na luta pela democratização do ensino superior: a experiência da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Adilson Pereira dos
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/10121
• topic: Higher Education; Affirmative Action Politics; Shares; Reserve Places; Ensino superior; Políticas de ação afirmativa; Cotas; Reserva de vagas; Ensino superior - Brasil; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO::TOPICOS ESPECIFICOS DE EDUCACAO::EDUCACAO EM PERIFERIAS URBANAS

Long time, the Brazilian higher education has been the subject of much controversy and questions due mainly to the question of its democratization. The late origin of the Brazilian university, associated with its elitist character, especially in relation to the number of places offered, makes this level of schooling is always being asked by their inability to absorb all the demand. In order to overcome this situation, historical struggles have been and are being fought, leading intellectuals, the student movement, associations of teachers and educational technicians, each in its own way, has been charging the opening of a public university sectors of society so far excluded from it. In the meantime, has been important the contribution of black social movements in the debate which introduced the requirement of affirmative action, to include this segment in higher education. Goes like the affirmative action policies are, as a new ingredient in the struggle for the democratization of higher education. The demand for the shares gained affirmative space and relevance, to the point of being recognized by the government and reflected in the favorable position of Brazil in the 2001 Durban Conference. Since then, the debate deepened his defense in the country. As a result, several higher education institutions, by virtue of laws or decisions motivated by advice of his superiors, have adopted some form of affirmative action, quotas, reservations of seats, bonuses, etc.. In this context, the Federal University of Ouro Preto, in 2008, through its Board of Education, Research and Extension, has decided to ensure that 30% of seats in each of its undergraduate courses, students should be occupied by graduates public schools. The Affirmative Action Policy of UFOP is therefore the object of study of this dissertation, which sought to identify whether such a measure can be considered a contribution to the democratization of higher education. The survey examined the socioeconomic and cultural and academic life of students entering the UFOP in 2009, considering its status as a participant or not Affirmative Action Policy. The finding was that, although modestly and despite the need for adjustments that it may require the student profile is changing the UFOP. People from underrepresented segments before they start experiencing its expansion in undergraduate courses of the institution