Higher education funding policy – analyze of the National Education Plans post-constitution/1988

Abstract

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14244/198271991009

The purpose of this article is to analyze the Brazilian public higher education funding policy, as it appears in the I National Education Plan (PNE) post-Federal Constitution of 1988 and the content of proposed legislation (PL) 8.035/2010. The study arises from the thesis that the public higher education funding is directly related to the federal fiscal adjustment policy, implemented in Brazil in the 90’s, as part of the neoliberal reforms adopted in capitalist countries, particularly in Latin America. These reforms follow the guidelines of international organizations, in particular the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for economic cooperation and development. Documental sources and data collected in Anísio Teixeira Study and Research Institute (Instituto de Estudos e Pesquisas Anísio Teixeira - INEP), National Congress, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were used. The text reflects on the financing policy of Brazilian public higher education, establishing an interface between expansion targets proposed in National Education Plans and the percentage of GDP needed. On the final considerations, a comparison of the values applied throughout Brazil and other OCDE countries per person in educational age in higher education is made, identifying the existing distance between Brazil and the other countries.

Keywords: Funding Policy, National Education Plan, PIB (Gross Domestic Product - GDP), Higher Education