In this article we present part of the results obtained from the research activities developed during a post-doctorate internship at the Carlos Chagas Foundation, between April of 2009 and March of 2010. The general purpose of the research was to identify, gather, analyze and interpret the aspects of the graduate program in education at the Marilia Campus of UNESP's Science and Philosophy School (1988 - 2008) and their contributions to graduate level education in Brazil. This research is justified when one considers that the evaluation of aspects of the previous trajectory and of the evolution of each graduate program and its institutional context, as well as of its future perspectives contribute to the history, the redefinition and the improvement of the policies regarding graduate level education in Brazil. Particularly in this text, we present the results of works developed by analysis of the textual configuration aspects from oral reports of former participants in the Program. They highlighted the challenges that historically remain open. Among them, those concerning to the unbalance of representativeness of state university programs in relation to the federal university programs in central collegiate organizations and relating to the requirement of over specialization in the Programs in relation to their investigation proposals.
Education; Graduate programs; Aspects of the graduate program in Education at Marilia UNESP; Graduate level education policies in Brazil