Cotas sociais e reflexos na Política de Assistência Estudantil : estudo de caso da Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the effects caused by the System of Social Quota recently implemented by the Federal Government, in the Student Assistance Policy. The research field was the Federal University of Pelotas, specifically, the Dean of Student Affairs, responsible for this policy in the institution. As a reference, we used the Brazilian state, social rights, social policies, public higher education, affirmative action policy, with emphasis on the Law of Social Quotas and finally the Student Assistance Policy. The research was developed through a qualitative approach with quantitative data support regarding to the entry of shareholders recorded since the implementation of the Social Quota System in 2013 until 2015. For the data collection was conducted semi-structured interview, with the surveyed the Pro-Rector, coordinators, heads of the cores and technical and administrative belonging to the Dean of Student Affairs, as well as National and Regional Coordinators of the National Forum of the Deans Community and Student Affairs. With a critical dialectical approach, based on the theme of concrete analysis, the result was contextualized in the political, social and economic fields. The results showed that the System of Social Quotas promotes the inclusion of students with socio-economic fragility and ethnic groups broken down by racial criteria, in public higher education. The study subjects comprise the student assistance as necessary in the student's permanence assurance process, but that is still incipient in the face of difficulties encountered daily, the lack of previous policy planning, and the resources allocated. The analysis pointed out that both the local level as at the national level, the System of Social Quotas caused changes in the operation of the Student Assistance Policy.