Reconsidering Private Higher Education in Brazil

Authors

  • Targino de Araújo Filho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2018.0.10551

Keywords:

for-profit, private higher education, mercantilization of higher education, quality of supply, Brazil

Abstract

This article discusses the role of the for-profit private sector in the Brazilian Higher Education System. Emphasizing its hegemony, we consider that the adoption of mercantilist logic has implications for the quality of supply and is leading the sector to be characterized as an oligopoly. Although the National Education Plan predicts an increase in public sector enrollment as massification continues, current economic and political conditions may prevent this expansion, leaving the country in a very delicate situation.

Author Biography

Targino de Araújo Filho

Targino de Araújo Filho is professor, Federal University of São Carlos,
Brazil, and currently a visiting scholar at the Centre for Higher Education
Internationalisation (CHEI) at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, supported by a CAPES–PGCI scholarship. 

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Published

2018-06-11

How to Cite

de Araújo Filho, T. (2018). Reconsidering Private Higher Education in Brazil. International Higher Education, 94, 25–27. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2018.0.10551

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Section

Private Higher Education