Instituição de um sistema eficaz para o acompanhamento de egressos de programas de pós-graduação: o egresso como referência para a autoavaliação do PPGACL

Abstract

This thesis is developed under the Professional Master Program in Management and Evaluation of Public Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Educational Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The management case studied discusses how to establish in the Graduate Program in Arts, Culture and Languages (PPGACL) of the IAD of the UFJF an effective system for the follow-up of graduates. Currently, the collection of data related to PPGACL graduates aims at completing the Sucupira Platform and feeding the graduates data on the Program website. For this, we present as hypothesis that the follow-up of graduates returns important information for the Program in order to self-evaluating and to perceive its potentialities and its gaps, review the planning and make improvements in order to improve the course. The objective of this study is to investigate how to establish in PPGACL an effective system for the monitoring of graduates so that the collection of information involves the participation and feedback of the largest possible number of graduates. For the development of the research a contextualization of the evolution of the Postgraduate Courses in Brazil was carried out, a bibliographic research was adopted, there was an application of a questionnaire to the graduates and to the professors and a semistructured interview with the coordination and representatives of the research lines of the Program occurred. Finally, an Educational Action Plan was proposed to set up the most effective system for follow-up of graduates, aiming at collecting data that not only meets Capes's guidelines, but also provides adequate information for the good performance of the Program. Thus, another hypothesis in this study refers to the idea that the PPGACL graduates dissociate themselves from the Program after the degree because they are unaware that Capes positively evaluates the programs that follow their graduates, so they do not worry to answer the requests from the Program’s office. Therefore, with the development of this research and implementation of the proposed Plan of Action, it is expected to contribute significantly to the improvement in the quality of the course offered by PPGACL.