Desigualdades na educação superior : acesso e permanência de bolsistas ProUni na PUC-RS

Abstract

The chances of insertion in a position of greater prestige and remuneration in the labor market are closely related to the accumulated years of study, causing individuals to seek the highest degree of education possible. Higher education in Brazil has developed markedly excluding and unequal. However, one of the most striking transformations of the last decades was the entry of a significant number of youngsters from the popular classes into the graduation. One of the main avenues of entry were public inclusion policies, in this case the University for All Program (ProUni), aimed at granting scholarships in private institutions. Although it also discusses access to higher education, this dissertation presents as a central theme the permanence of ProUni scholarship students in the university, given the importance of identifying the possible difficulties that these students face during their trajectory at this educational level. To develop the research, a qualitative methodology is used, with semistructured interviews and subsequent application of a complementary questionnaire. The sample is made up of scholarship students from prestigious middle-high courses who entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul between 2010 and 2014. From this research, the progress of the ProUni, as well as the challenges that remain, are verified.