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Ethnic Minorities and Affirmative Action: Two Distinct Programs of Access to Higher Education in Brazil

Mitigating Inequality: Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification

ISBN: 978-1-78560-291-7, eISBN: 978-1-78560-290-0

Publication date: 27 November 2015

Abstract

In this study, I analyze two Brazilian experiences, their main characteristics and quandaries in Brazil. I collect and analyze social–historical documents and statistic data related to the Program of Indigenous Inclusion (PROIND) and University For All Program (PROUNI). It was noticed that both the experiences have contributed for the growth in school registrations of college students from sub-represented ethnical groups, and there was an increase of cultural diversity; although there were marks of resistance from some students and professors, these marks have been overcome by the perseverance and success obtained by those who have been contemplated by these programs.

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Acknowledgment

This paper results from doctoral studies in the Graduation Program in Education of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The research project “The Expansion of Legal Education and the Access of Ethnic Minorities” – received funding from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES).

Citation

Gianezini, K. (2015), "Ethnic Minorities and Affirmative Action: Two Distinct Programs of Access to Higher Education in Brazil", Mitigating Inequality: Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification (Advances in Education in Diverse Communities, Vol. 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-358X20150000011015

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited