Access expansion without democratize: excess that oppresses

ABSTRACT:

This article aims to explore the process of exclusion that has emerged due to the expansion of the higher education model adopted by the Brazilian State. Analyses of the historical growth of the number of registrations and the composition of the system, as well as the subject of social exclusion and oppression, suggest that national policies oriented at stimulating private initiative have maintained the gap between the national elite and the other social classes, instead of reducing it, as the State has claimed. It is proposed that a supply-based model able to promote citizenship and reduce inequalities cannot be guided by the laws of the market, since these tend to stimulate competition between individuals and thus are unable to promote significant reductions of social differences.

Keywords:
Higher education; Educational policy; Social exclusion