TY - JOUR AU - Salto, Dante J. PY - 2014/04/06 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Brazil: A For-Profit Giant JF - International Higher Education JA - IHE VL - 0 IS - 74 SE - Latin America Focus DO - 10.6017/ihe.2014.74.5471 UR - https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/5471 SP - 21-22 AB - <p>Brazil has become by far the largest higher education system in Latin America, with a large share of enrollments in the private sector. A recently established and fast growing for-profit sub-sector consolidates as one of the largest worldwide. It already surpasses the public sector in enrollment and its role is growing. Public policy has backed the for-profit growth, largely for tax revenue reasons but in recent years the federal government has taken social initiatives that include tax exemption policies for the sub-sector. As indicated by fields of study, the for-profit sub-sector shares some important characteristics with the nonprofit sub-sector, contrasting dramatically to the public sector.</p> ER -