Access and staying policies in higher education: the search in equality results

Abstract

This text has as study object access policies and evasion in higher education. It seeks to analyze the development related to the expansion of access to this level of teaching and the attention that it has been given to students’ staying in universities. Evasion is a problem that has worsened for reasons both of economic order and those arriving from the institution itself. Regarding the institution, there are students’ unmet expectations, the way how integration is performed in the academic world and the conditions related to the educational process. The role of the educational institutions is discussed regarding the implementation of actions that can help reduce evasion from the concept of the equality results, therefore access, stay and conclusion of higher education. It is a study that contemplates a documentary analysis, based on official documents, current legislation and data from national and international organizations. It contemplates the higher education context and the effectiveness of the policies regarding government initiatives that are related to the possibilities of expanding access and promoting staying in higher education. As a result, it analyzes higher education in the perspective of social justice, in order to reduce existing disparities.