Interiorização das universidades federais no Sul: um panorama da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul em Laranjeiras do Sul (PR)

Abstract

The university internalization consists of the process of changing the public policies of implantation of universities and public institutes of education in places with a high necessity of improvement of the indices of human development. It becomes a benchmark for social inclusion, contributing to the improvement of access to higher education for vulnerable groups. However, the universities of the interior have an instability regarding the maintenance of students in their respective courses. For this reason, the focus of the present study was to report the process of implementation of the campus of Laranjeiras do Sul (PR), and its respective challenges and perspectives within the Federal University of the Southern Border. The research aims to recognize the dynamics of the public university in the context regional level of Cantuquiriguaçu, with its political and social aspects and how these variables relate to students. In studying the campus situation, it was considered as a starting point the understanding of its current problems and which measures could be useful to minimize these problems. The procedures adopted for the development of the theme were the bibliographical research to give significance to the several evaluated points, allied to documentary research consulting and checking domain materials. The results were expressed in functional charts, graphs and tables with the purpose of showing a historical panorama of the university, profile of the students and some problems faced by the campus in relation to the permanence in the courses. The identification of the points involving the political, social and cultural conception are important for the development of administrative and pedagogical strategies for the improvement of the quality of education to the detriment of the demands of society.