O Reuni na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora: uma análise dos bacharelados interdisciplinares

Abstract

The present study has as its core topic the Interdisciplinary Bachelor Degrees, a Project of college restructuring undertaken by the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) and idealized within the scope of the Support Program to Restructuring Plans and Expansion of Federal Universities (REUNI). The goal to this study was to assess the implementation characteristics of such Bachelor Degrees, as well as its initial results, proposing in the end, actions to be forwarded to the UFJF managers who may contribute to improving the implemented program. In order to develop the research we employed documental analysis about the program and authors who debate the process of implementation of public policies, teaching practices in higher education and the process of evasion at universities. We also analyzed official data from the program referring to the access and permanence of students in the mentioned courses. It was observed that, although the results are recent, they deserve attention by the management at UFJF. Field research was conducted by means of interviews with managers at UFJF and a survey with the students of the Interdisciplinary Bachelor Degree. As a result it was observed that UFJF faces a few hurdles to the proper functioning of the program, among which there are: resistance from professors and students, administrative matters and difficulties which are inherent to higher education in terms of academic achievement and financial condition. Based in these results, an intervention plan was proposed in three stages, composed by five actions, aiming to solve the main diagnosed issues.