O desmonte da educação superior: quando as universidades federais passaram a ser o alvo

Gustavo Adolf Fichter Filho; Breynner Ricardo de Oliveira

doi:10.1590/1982-57652026v31id299119

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Gustavo Adolf Fichter Filho Federal University of Ouro Preto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-4264
- Conceptualization
- Data Curation
- Formal Analysis
- Funding Acquisition
- Investigation
- Methodology
- Project Administration
- Resources
- Software
- Supervision
- Validation
- Visualization
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Breynner Ricardo de Oliveira Federal University of Ouro Preto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0956-4753
- Conceptualization
- Formal Analysis
- Investigation
- Methodology
- Project Administration
- Supervision
- Validation
- Visualization
- Writing – Review & Editing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-57652026v31id299119

Keywords:

federal universities, dismantling, public policy

Abstract

This article analyzes the dismantling of Brazilian federal universities. To this purpose, it conducts a literature review, systematizing and discussing data from various authors. Using quantitative data, it demonstrates the successive budget reductions of these institutions and their related areas, marked by their loss of prominence in the Brazilian budgetary agenda. It also considers statements, attacks, and threats made by the Bolsonaro administration, demonstrating the visibility of the process. Thus, it confirms the hypothesis that federal universities were a primary target of active dismantling beginning in 2016, intensified in 2019. Finally, it proposes a study agenda for analyzing the current context of Brazilian federal universities, seeking to understand their daily operations.