Políticas de ações afirmativas e os estudantes cotistas da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Abstract

The present work aims to historicize the implementation of the policies adopted to increase the levels of social inclusion and democratization of admission to undergraduate courses at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), as well as to present the profile and trajectory of the participating students who entered in the university by the modality of racial quotas. Through the Minutes and Resolutions approved by the UFU High Councils, we will highlight the process of establishing the system of reservation of vacancies with ethnic-racial cuts, taking into account the conflicts that marked the development of this policy in the university. In addition, through oral reports of quotaters students, we will present the reality in which of these subjects were inserted before entering the academic universe, and what changes were identified after entering university. Pointing out the challenges faced by these students in academic everyday life and the absences detected in affirmative action politics. With emphasis on Law 12.711 / 12, which establishes the policy of reservation of vacancies in federal educational institutions, we will analyze the issues that involve the policy of racial quotas based on the main references on affirmative actions and their developments in Brazilian educational policies. Finally, we will reflect on the effectiveness of the program and its contradictions, drawing perspectives for the improvement of the current policy in the country.