Higher Education in Brazil: Recent Evolution and Current Issues

The evolution of higher education in Brazil is described and proposals for its reform analysed. Enrollment growth in the 1970s favoured private institutions and most of the expansion was absorbed by private non-university establishments. The article next examines the financing of higher education in...

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Published in:Higher education 1991-03, Vol.21 (2), p.223-233
Main Author: de Mello e Souza, Alberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Education
Brazil
Change Strategies
Economic resources
Educational Change
Educational Finance
Educational History
Educational Policy
Educational quality
Educational reform
Efficiency
Elementary Secondary Education
Equal Education
Equity
Financial Support
Foreign Countries
Graduate studies
Higher Education
Private Colleges
Privatization
Scholarships
School enrollment
Student Financial Aid
Student Loan Programs
Subsidies
Teachers
Tuition
Universities
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Summary:The evolution of higher education in Brazil is described and proposals for its reform analysed. Enrollment growth in the 1970s favoured private institutions and most of the expansion was absorbed by private non-university establishments. The article next examines the financing of higher education in Brazil before turning to efficiency and equity issues. To improve the latter more students from low-income families must complete secondary education and have access to good-quality subsidized higher education. A system of loans and of scholarships for the needy is suggested for a system in which the inequity problems at higher education are a consequence of inefficiencies at the basic education level.
ISSN:0018-1560
1573-174X
DOI:10.1007/BF00137075