Permanência na educação superior: uma análise das políticas de assistência estudantil na Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul

• Autor(a) principal: Radaelli, Andressa Benvenutti
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do UNIOESTE
• Texto Completo: http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/868
• topic: Políticas Educacionais; Educação Superior; Assistência Estudantil; Acesso e Permanência; Education Policy; Higher Education; Student Assistance; Access and Permanence; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO

Student assistance in federal institutions of higher education is crucial to avoid dropout students. This is the aim of this paper, wich integrates the research line: State and Educational Policies, from pos-graduate program in education at state university of West Paraná UNIOESTE.In order to do so, we will base on the experience, in the initial phase of the Federal University of South Border (UFFS), established in September 15th, 2009. Accordingly, we review key points ofthe expansion, mainly through the Support Programme for the Restructuring and Expansion of Federal Universities (REUNI in Portuguese) and reflect on the access and permanence of students in public universities. We intend to show what mechanisms are being used to ensure this right to students, based on the implementation of decree nº. 7234 of July 19th, 2010, which provides for the National Student Assistance (PNAES in Portuguese). This analysis requires addressing issues that articulate and complement one another, therefore, initially we will perform a brief discussion of the state and public policy, particularly educational policies, pointing out key elements with regard to access and permanence in higher education. From the review of bibliography producedon the subject, one discusses the importance of the student assistance in the context of Brazilian higher education. Then, we emphasize the struggle to maintain it and give a brief overview of the existing legislation on the subject. As research base, as well as bibliographical, questionnaires were administered to students enrolled in UFFS Realeza Campus and served by the program of scholarships and grants developed by the university in 2012.The data presented allow us to understand that expanding accessper se is not enough to guarantee entry into the university; it is also necessary to create conditions for stay during the academic life until the completion of the course. The survey results indicate that among the actions taken in this regard, prevail programs that offer scholarships or financial aid to subsidize spending on housing, food and transport and for these students, this kind of initiative is essential to stay in college, for completion of undergraduate and his qualification. We also realise that the process of reforms for higher education implemented in Brazil, mainly in the REUNI, is imbued with ideological goals, actions and contradictions. They form a relation with theoretical and practical postulations and they present at the same time elements from state reformation and support to social interests