ABSTRACT
This article analyzes the scientific production regarding the social responsibility of higher education (RSES) from doctoral theses and dissertations defended in Brazil, from 1990 to 2011. Methodologically, it is a state-of-the-art bibliographic study. After the construction of the timeline of the scientific production, the prevalent areas of knowledge were identified, the geographic regions of origin and the institutional origin. Three topics were identified: university management, theoretical-conceptual aspects and normative and higher education. Among the studies produced in academic master's and doctoral degrees, it was found that the theme RSES is essentially multidisciplinary, challenging mostly the post graduate programs in management and in education, especially studies about university management, aiming not only at good performance in the educational market, but also the training for human development.
KEYWORDS:
university; higher education; social responsibility of higher education
