Higher Education in Brazil : Challenges and Options

Brazil has put significant resources into developing its higher education system over the past three decades. As a result, a system has evolved in which some institutions have achieved recognizable excellence in teaching and research, while, more generally, the majority of institutions have struggled to provide relevant, quality education at reasonable cost. As a whole, the system has a number of large challenges to overcome. Brazil has a low enrolment rate in higher education. Rigidities in funding and regulation create strong disincentives for cost-efficiency or quality. The quality of instruction and the relevance of the curriculum are below desirable standards. The Government of Brazil has a three-pronged strategy for improving higher education: a) to change the legal framework for the sector; b) to change to a performance-based funding system that supports the Ministerio da Educacao e do Esporto's (MEC) policy goals of improved access, quality, and efficiency; and c) to improve capacity for evaluating quality of instruction and performance of institutions. The challenge is to focus attention on those changes that will promote the greatest progress in equitable access, quality, relevance, and efficiency. Finally, the report recommends ways to improve access, quality, and efficiency.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2002-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION, ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION, ACCREDITATION, ACHIEVEMENT, ADDITION, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, ADULT LITERACY, AGE COHORT, BACKGROUND PAPERS, BLOCK GRANTS, CAREER, CAREER ADVANCEMENT, CONSULTATIVE PROCESS, COUNTRY STUDIES, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, EDUCATION INDICATORS, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATION OFFICIALS, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STATISTICS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL POLICY, EMPLOYMENT, ENGINEERING, ENROLLMENT, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EXTERNAL EFFICIENCY, FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES, GEOGRAPHY, GROSS ENROLLMENT, HIGH ENROLLMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION COSTS, HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM, HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR, HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM, IMPROVING ACCESS, INSTRUCTION, INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LEARNING, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIBRARIES, LITERACY, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, OVERALL ENROLLMENT, PAPERS, POSITIVE IMPACT, PRINTING, PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION, PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES, PRIVATE UNIVERSITY, PROFESSORS, PUBLIC FUNDING, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, STATE UNIVERSITIES, STUDENT AID, STUDENT LOANS, SUBJECT AREAS, TEACHING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, TUITION, UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY RECTORS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1737106/higher-education-brazil-challenges-options http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14076
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