A evasão discente no contexto da reestruturação universitária : o caso dos cursos de Administração e Ciências Contábeis da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

• Autor(a) principal: Alencar, Liliana de Mello Braz
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (riUfes)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/1203
• topic: Administração Pública; Programa de Apoio a Planos de Reestruturação e Expansão das Universidades Federais (Brasil); Evasão universitária; Ensino superior; Universidades e faculdades; Graduação escolar; 35

The purpose of this research was to identify the reasons that influence student dropout in four graduate courses of the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The reform on universities proposed by the REUNI - the federal program created to support expansion plans of federal universities, acted as the context for this study, as established law guidelines for combating dropout in higher education. The sociological model of dropout studies proposed by Tinto (1997) held the analysis performed in this study because it takes the institution as the responsible for actions and policies that create the learning environment needed for student success. The research had qualitative and quantitative character and was carried out with dropout students and the coordinators of courses in Business Administration and Accounting Science, the old and the new courses created by REUNI program. To reach the aim, 95 dropout students and all the four coordinators were interviewed. Data academic system (SIE/ UFES) were used as well to survey the variables of influence. The numbers provide a basis for believing that the learning outcomes resulting from the academic performance of the student becomes a strong cause of dropout in the one abandonment type. The low coefficient of performance was related to dropout by abandonment in most cases. Regarding forms of dropout, formal departure and dropout by abandonment found out 87.4% of cases, with a higher incidence of dropout in the second and third course year. The critical point of dropout seems to be confirmed from the 2nd to 5th semester and, on this time lapse, 62% of cases had low performance coefficient, yield from 0.00 to 3.00. The results showed the reasons that most influenced the students to leave the course: i) the need to work while attending the course, ii) the discovery of new interests; iii) the incompatibility between work and course timetable; iv) the choice of professional career still younger and v) the lack of guidance to students about standards, penalties, course planning, periodization, etc., meaning failing in institutional communication.