A LEI DE COTAS NO ENSINO SUPERIOR SOB A LUZ DO INSTITUCIONALISMO: PROCESSO DECISÓRIO DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE MINEIRA

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to understand the factors that influenced the decision-making process of a university in Minas Gerais in implementing the Quota Law. This mechanism, instituted in 2012, ensures the reservation of places at Federal Institutions of Higher Education (IFES) for students who have attended high school in public schools, self-identified blacks, indigenous people and people with disabilities...

Keywords

• quota law
• sociological institutionalism
• institutional environment
• decision processes
• public policy