Expansão e financiamento do sistema de ensino superior federal: o caso da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This study focused on analyzing the budgetary and financial repercussions at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, with the adoption of the expansionist policies that took place in 2003, especially the Reuni. The purpose of this study was to analyze the budget execution of the institution in the period from 2008 to 2016, designing indicators as strategic tools in this analysis, which ended up being part of the proposal of the Educational Action Plan. In carrying out cross-sectional research, the qualitative and quantitative approaches are combined, offering information on the application of public resources by this institution. The process of expansion of the federal public universities was established in regulations deriving from centralized determinations and established based on presuppositions that contemplated, on the one hand, the rationalization of the physical and human spaces already existing in the institutions and, on the other hand, evidenced the construction of new physical spaces, hiring of technicians and teachers, opening of new places and enrollments. However, to make reforms and expansions, financial contributions are needed. However, public resources are limited and scarce. Therefore, its use cannot be made at random. The expansion of any public system that serves society in any of the functions of the State must be accompanied by a financing structure. In addition, the disclosure and transparency of public expenditures allow the public to know how public resources are being spent. Social participation in public management, in addition to the right guaranteed by the Federal Constitution of 1988, allows the control of the use of resources; that is, social control is an important means to better demand the application of public money. It was observed with the results obtained in this study, that without adequate financing associated to a monitored control there is no way to meet the desired expansion. In this perspective, this research fulfilled its objective by proposing an Educational Action Plan that monitors and evaluates the educational and administrative data of the studied municipality, allied to the indicators, that also fulfills this mission associated to the improvement in the quality of expenses.