The article analyzes the changes in the Brazilian higher education, taking as reference the database of the INEP, and the dynamics of Private Institutions of Higher Education in quickly assimilate state policies focused on higher education. Aims to present the evolution of higher education in Brazil, especially graduation, highlighting the changes made in public policy from the 2000s and that affected this level of education. The theoretical framework was based on discussing the origin and evolution of higher education in Brazil, the gap between supply and demand for places in higher education and the Brazilian public policies implemented in higher education from the 2000s. Concerning the methodological aspects, it is a descriptive research quantitative and qualitative approach. The results show that the growth of enrollment in higher education has been showing signs of exhaustion, causing a idle system manifested in the various courses without demand in selection processes. Public policies have a key role to adjust supply and demand, since there is evidence that income is a major inhibitor of filling vacancies and success rate.
Higher education; Evaluation; Private Institutions
