Novos atores no ensino superior brasileiro: impactos do perfil socioeconômico e das condições pós-acesso sobre o fluxo escolar e inserção profissional de estudantes de Ciências Sociais de uma instituição privada

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Manoel de Almeida Neto
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; UFMG
• Palavras-chave em Português: Ensino Superior; Análise de Sobrevivência; Educação Superior; Fluxo Escolar; Desigualdades Educacionais; Evasão Escolar; Inserção Profissional; Atividades Extracurriculares; Sociologia; Evasão escolar; Ensino superior
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/BUBD-A35FTX

In order to shed light on the process of expanding access to higher education in Brazil in the last decade, the first part of this thesis sought to investigate, using descriptive analysis and survival analysis methods, the influence of socioeconomic characteristics and participation in extracurricular activities on the chances of drop-out, permanence and graduation from a cohort of 638 students who attended the course of Social Sciences of a private university in Belo Horizonte between February 2003 and June 2009. The results showed that socioeconomic variables such as family income, parental education and type of school attended in primary and secondary education, had no significant impact on the school flow. On the other hand, the realization of paid activities of internships, extension and, mainly, research throughout the course exerted a protective effect against drop-out, increasing the chances of permanence and completion of graduation. In the second part of the research, questionnaires, focus group and interviews done with course graduates revealed that participation in extracurricular activities also contributed to further integration of students to the academic ethos, development of skills and essential competencies to the profession, as well as to a most qualified entry into the professional field of Social Sciences. As a conclusion, this study revealed that conducting scientific research activities and work offered by the course and the experiences of the students during graduation in other words - the post-access conditions to higher education - can have a greater impact than social origin over the chances of permanence, graduation and later entry into the labor market. It is suggested, therefore, that universal access policies and inclusion in higher education of these new students - from, mostly medium-low socioeconomic strata - be accompanied by permanent policies aimed at increasing the offer of opportunities to realize researchs, interships and extension in the area of the course.