Permanência institucional e o Estado Regulador da educação superior no Brasil

Resumo

In recent decades, in several countries, the extension of characteristics specific to a regulatory intervention in the educational sector led to the realization of the rise of a Regulatory State for Higher Education. As a mode of state intervention historically and geographically situated, this specific form of ensuring the quality of higher education arrived in different countries in distinct ways. In Brazil, the model used for regulating higher education has characteristics that set it apart from international models, such as centralization and the focus on ex ante control. The aim of this study was to offer explanations for the peculiarities of Brazil’s higher education regulatory framework and its persistence. To this end, three different explanations for institutional persistence were compared, based on three analytical pillars: ideas, institutions, and interests. To answer the research question, a process tracing methodology was employed, focusing on three critical moments in the regulation of the sector over the past decades: the changes and attempted changes in the structure of the Ministry of Education in 2011–2012; the creation of a New Regulatory Framework in 2017; and the proposals for liberalization of the sector between 2019 and 2021. The study concludes that, among the hypotheses analyzed, the one that best explains the persistence of the regulatory arrangement in Brazilian higher education is the institutional explanation, particularly the concept of path dependence. In other words, change proposals are hindered by self-reinforcing mechanisms within the existing institutions

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

2025

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/37074

Temas

Educação

Palavras-chave

Estado reguladorEnsino superiorGarantia de qualidadeProcess tracing.Regulatory stateHigher educationQuality assurance;DireitoPoder regulamentarEnsino superior e EstadoEnsino superior - BrasilEficácia no ensinoPesquisa social - Metodologia