Gestão das políticas de assistência estudantil: possibilidades para permanência no ensino superior

Abstract

The Student Assistance in Higher Education seeks to ensure low-income students the completion of their degree. Although in its historical trajectory, it has been molded by specific actions of social assistance, in recent years, it has been regulated by specific legislation, along other public policies for Higher Education. When implemented, Student Assistance policies can be used as favorable alternatives to student’s permanency, and then, reduce dropout rates. This belief was what sparked interest in investigating the subject and consequently analyzing the possibilities of contributing to the Management of Permanence of the students in the UnirG University Center. Therefore, it is a case study, carried out from documentary and bibliographical research, with a qualiquantitative approach, conjoined with principles of the dialectical method, when considering the opposite complementary concepts: permanence-evasion. The contents collected in the documents gathered in the Academic office and in several institutional sectors were categorized and submitted to the content analysis, with the general objective of analyzing the evolution and management of the Student Assistance activities at UnirG University Center in Gurupi - TO in the last 5 (five) years. The results of the research indicate that the Student Assistance policies already implemented in the institution, partially reach the students who really need them. Although the results point to management investments with the creation of several Student Assistance programs, they do not work in an integrated way and they are not managed of a specific department. They work in isolation, disjointed from one another, and do not share their plans or results. It is concluded that improvements are necessary, especially in their monitoring and evaluation, as well as the need for greater attention to the reasons for non-permanence, so that joint actions are created to prevent evasion / promotion of permanence.