Private Higher Education in Brazil: Fueling Economic Growth

Authors

  • José Janguiê Bezerra
  • Celso Niskier
  • Lioudmila Batourina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2017.90.10007

Keywords:

Brazil, private universities, association, ABMES, government, scholarships, student loans, sustainability, social inclusion, economic growth, crisis

Abstract

The Brazilian private education sector is one of the largest in the world. Today there are more than 6 million students enrolled in private higher education institutions, which represents more than 75 percent of all university students. Brazilian higher education started expanding in 1996, when the government, according to the National Education Plan, introduced a fund allowing young people to take up students loans. From 1996 to 2010, the government took a number of actions, addressing the problem of social inclusion and supplying the country with educated, middle class workers. The Brazilian Association of Private Universities (ABMES—Associação Brasileira de Mantenedoras de Ensino Superior) is pushing the government to keep investing in the scholarships in spite of the economic crisis, and working together on finding alternative funding mechanisms to provide society with access opportunities to higher education, and to sustain economic growth.

Author Biographies

José Janguiê Bezerra

José Janguiê Bezerra is president of Associação Brasileira de Mantenedoras de Ensino Superior (ABMES) and of Grupo Ser Educacional, Brazil. 

Celso Niskier

Celso Niskier is vice president of ABMES and rector of Centro Universitário Carioca, Brazil.

Lioudmila Batourina

Lioudmila Batourina is International Partnership consultant at ABMES. 

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Published

2017-06-06

How to Cite

Bezerra, J. J., Niskier, C., & Batourina, L. (2017). Private Higher Education in Brazil: Fueling Economic Growth. International Higher Education, (90), 24–26. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2017.90.10007

Issue

No. 90 (2017)

Section

Latin American Issues

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