The how and why of the expansion of public higher education in Brazil

Author: Valdemar Sguissardi y João dos Reis Silva Jr.
Abstract: This paper aims to demonstrate how
the expansion of higher education in
Brazil has taken place, paying special
attention to public higher education in recent
decades, when an anomalous acceleration
of the federal sector occurred due to the
implementation of the reuni (Restructuring
and Expansion of Federal Universities) and
the de (Distance Education), through the
uab (Brazil´s Open University). As well, arguments
are presented that may contribute
to hypothesize on the underlying reasons
for this expansion.
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