Public policies on access and assistance in higher education: a research of the state of knowledge

Abstract

This work is the result of research on public policies for access and permanence in higher education of the Doctoral Course in Education of the Graduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Santa Maria (PPGE/UFSM). The objective was to delimit the scientific production of articles on public policies for access and permanence in higher education from two collections: Scielo and Portal of Periodicals of the Coordination of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), published from 2015 to 2020. Qualitative approach, the methodology used was bibliographic and qualitative. Data analysis was based on content analysis, based on Bardin (2011). It is noteworthy that this research contributes so that those interested in the subject have access to what has already been produced regarding public policies for access and permanence in higher education so that what has already been researched is not reproduced, in addition to guaranteeing the originality of the research. The results showed that most of the articles found dealt with the National Student Assistance Plan and a minority dealt with access to higher education by quotas for students from public schools, those in socioeconomic vulnerability. Thus, we can infer that there are still several edges to be produced, especially with regard to the relationship between access policies and permanence policies and how these policies are implemented in different federal educational institutions.