Access to Higher Education in Brazil with Reference to Prouni

Autor/in	de Araujo, Abrahao Andre
Titel	Access to Higher Education in Brazil with Reference to Prouni
Quelle	In: Higher Education Studies, 2 (2012) 1, S.32-37 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-4741
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Access to Education; Higher Education; Disadvantaged; Outreach Programs; Educational Policy; Income; Illiteracy; Educational History; Investment; Educational Quality; Academic Persistence; Change Strategies; Equal Education; Educational Practices; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Jobcoaching; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Einkommen; Analphabetismus; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Investments; Geldanlage; Investiton; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungspraxis; Brasilien
Abstract	The purpose of this essay is to discuss the Prouni--University for All policy, which has been implemented in Brazil in an effort to increase access of the underprivileged to postsecondary education. In order to provide a better understanding of the problem, three points of interest are initially addressed: income inequality, illiteracy, and a brief review of the history of higher education in Brazil. The paper then mentions a few policies that were implemented in the 1990s, aiming to increase the number of institutions of higher education, and addresses the implementation of the Prouni program. Next, it presents three competing views on the policy at issue regarding investments in the private sector, quality in education, and student retention. Finally, it concludes by giving a few recommendations for improving access to education in the country. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01