Acesso e permanência na Educação Superior: o direito à educação em questão

Abstract

This article aims to analyze access and retention in higher education, based on research developed by Axis 5 of Rede Universitas/Br. The methodology used was based on documentary and bibliographical research, in addition to the collection of data elucidated from the Higher Education Census organized by INEP. The analyzes are anchored in the perspective of dialectical historical materialism, identifying relationships that determine the concrete conditions presented. In the socio-political and economic period of the resurgence of neoconservatism in Brazil, in which scientific research has been discredited and public universities have suffered dismantling, the Pandemic generated by Covid-19 has interfered in the higher education scenario in several aspects, including with regard to access and retention of students. From this perspective, some conditions were identified that still remain as gaps to be overcome, such as the need to expand access for historically excluded groups and guarantee their permanence, the expansion of Student Assistance actions beyond PNAES, the diversification of pedagogical practices and the reinforcement of education beyond Capital.

Keywords

• educational policy
• higher education
• access and permanence