A evolução do financiamento do Sistema Público Federal do Ensino Superior Brasileiro no período 1974/1997

Abstract

This dissertation deals with the evolution of the financing of the Federal Public System of Higher Education in the period 1974/1997 and aims to present and » discuss, in relation to the aggregation of the Federal Higher Education System, the evolution of financing indicators and aggregate performance of the 1FES, from the 1970s to 1999. As a work carried out within the scope of the | Postgraduate Program in Economics, we seek to establish a period for the evolution of the Federal System of Higher Education, understanding that the obstacles of the Brazilian economy itself and the development options implemented different governments, establish a clear determinant for it. The dissertation is organized in three chapters. In the first, there is a recovery of the main elements present in the University Reform of 1,968, a key moment of inflection in the growth of the Federal Public System of Higher Education. In the second chapter, we present the normative references to the financing of public higher education in Brazil, seeking to highlight the various financing models, alternative sources of funds, the influence of world organizations, the reforms proposed by the FHC Government and their consequences for the financing of the system. . In the third chapter we discuss the evolution of the financing of the Federal Public System of Higher Education in the period 1974/1997, seeking to analyze the behavior of financing in relation to the different moments of the Brazilian economy. The conclusion is that the expansion of the Federal Public System of Higher Education occurs in the space of improvements in the financing conditions of the federal public sector to the detriment of States and Municipalities. While the resources were sufficient to fulfill the functions that the Brazilian historical development demanded from the State, there was an expansion of higher education, however, when the resources became scarce and there was a change in the economic policy in favor of currency stability, growth stagnated.