Reforma, expansão e renovação da universidade pública: um estudo de caso CESNORS

Abstract

This writing deals with political affairs for promoting higher education access, mainly for the public university, through the Expansion Program of the Government of Lula. The research sought for understanding the dynamical approach of that expansionist wave by some principal factors, such as social, political, economical and cultural, which helped by creating an educational center of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. This center is located in the countryside of RS, the North Region, with a campus in Frederico Westphalen and another one in Palmeira das Missões, and it is the object of the case study, for it shows the legitimity visibility of a local reality and it integrates, since the beginning of the Government of Lula, the goal of reach up the 30% goal of university students of people aged between 18 to 24 yearold. From the center and its campi perspective, it is noted that succeeding in promoting access for higher education, as well as considering the external strategic role of the public university for social and economic development. However, according to data collected through university management instruments, internal problems, such as standing guarantee for students, food, campus housing, scholarship, so far, all they are some indicators which display the expansion reality cause hope and fear around the university community to guarantee quality services, as the high speed of it did not set democratic discussions about understanding it as a project to reform and renew the public university.