Interfaces entre a assistência estudantil e a assistência social: a concepção de assistência em construção na UFMG

Abstract

The thematic of this thesis focuses on the current conformations of the student assistance, having as a reference of analysis the joint work between Pró-Reitoria de Assuntos Estudantis (PRAE) (Pró-Rectory of Student Subjects) and Fundação Universitária Mendes Pimentel (FUMP) (University Foundation Mendes Pimentel) in the scope of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) (Federal University of Minas Gerais) between the years 2014 and 2018. The research, of qualitative nature, of bibliographical and documentary character, sought to establish the relationship between the student assistance policy and the social assistance policy. In conclusion, the objective was to understand how this interface works with the concept of assistance in construction at the university that is being researched. The relevance of this object is due to the diversification of the student profile at the federal education network, and the UFMG in particular, which, after the process of expanding access, faced a social diversification of the academic community, which demands a heterogeneous policies of permanence that are more effective on the part of the Instituições Federais de Ensino (IFES) (Federal Institutions of Education). This movement develops in the context of financial capitalism, which co-opts part of the social rights and transforms them into financial products in the orbit of capital, from the incentives of the State and the participation of the public fund. These determinations regressively affect public policies, of which student assistance and social assistance are part. The dialogue built between the sources and the researched theory allowed us to understand that in the UFMG this process of developing the concept of assistance in the Programa Nacional da Assistência Estudantil (PNAES) (National Student Assistance Program) is aimed at overcoming a narrower vision of student assistance. The FUMP, which was born under the precepts of philanthropy, has a historical function for student’s permanence programs at UFMG, but the new profile of students demands a broader approach on the issue. Therefore since the creation of the PRAE in 2014, a new conception of assistance begins to be built.