Abstract

JEZINE, Edineide; CHAVES, Vera Lúcia Jacob  and  CABRITO, Belmiro Gil. Access to higher education in the context of globalization: The cases Brazil and Portugal. Rev. Lusófona de Educação [online]. 2011, n.18, pp.57-79. ISSN 1645-7250.

The text aims to explain the possible convergences and divergences in policies on access to higher education Brazil / Portugal, shows the influence of neoliberalism and globalization in the constitution of a global agenda that starts to structure regulatory pathways at the level of political and educational activities. The argument assumes that education constitutes a strategic policy for the achievement of economic hegemony, political, cultural and ideological business logic. In the Brazilian context deals with the analysis of the expansion of higher education from the Census of Higher Education and Research of the National Household Sample Survey (PNDA) show that the expansion of the private sector. In the Portuguese case, supports the management of the European Union and demonstrates the centrality of enrollment in the public sector / state and decrease the number of enrollments in higher education, requiring policies that create new opportunities for study, for example the program over 23 years, intended for adults whose academic, social and professional can be subject to validation and certification, considering the promotion of equal opportunities in access to this level of education, attracting new audiences, a logic of learning throughout life.

Keywords : higher education; access; expansion; globalization.

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