The expansion of higher education and brazilian regional inequality: an analysis in the frameworks of national education plans

Authors

  • Cristiane Sousa Brito Universidade Federal do Amapá
  • André Rodrigues Guimarães Universidade Federal do Amapá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/eccos.n44.7898

Keywords:

Regional Diversity. Higher Education. Educational Planning

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the expansion of higher education in the frameworks of National Education Plans (PNEs), in the perspective of confronting the regional inequality in Brazil. It considers the laws and the documents formulated to orientation of education as important sources of research, in order to reflects policies designed to redress the regional inequalities. The methodology used consists of the bibliographical and documentary research. The results produced informs that the PNEs did not represent solutions to the problem of regional inequality in the expansion of higher education. It concludes that the expansion of this level of education occurs asymmetrically and continues to confirm the social exclusion in the regions North and Northeast of Brazil.

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Author Biographies

Cristiane Sousa Brito, Universidade Federal do Amapá

Especialista em Política Educacional. Professora da rede privada de educação básica, Macapá, AP – Brasil

André Rodrigues Guimarães, Universidade Federal do Amapá

Doutor em Educação. Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP – Brasil

Published

2017-11-17

How to Cite

BRITO, Cristiane Sousa; GUIMARÃES, André Rodrigues. The expansion of higher education and brazilian regional inequality: an analysis in the frameworks of national education plans. EccoS – Revista Científica, [S. l.], n. 44, p. 43–66, 2017. DOI: 10.5585/eccos.n44.7898. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uninove.br/eccos/article/view/7898. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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Dossiê temático: Políticas de educação superior