A interiorização da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG: um estudo de caso do Campus de São Lourenço do Sul.

Abstract

This study analyzed the context of interiorization of the Federal University of Rio Grande with a Campus in São Lourenço do Sul, which characterizes the process of expansion of higher education resulting from the Federal University Restructuring Program - REUNI. The research objective is to understand how this process was constituted. The methodology used was an empirical case study, with a qualitative approach using the technical procedures of documentary and bibliographic research. In the investigations carried out, the assumptions studied were centered on the conception of higher education policy, in addition to addressing institutional issues. The divergences found reflect limitations intrinsic to the process of institutional expansion in this examined location. Thus, the prospects for this scenario are reflected. To think about the materialization of this Campus, it was necessary to deepen the socio-historical aspects of FURG, as well as the educational political model in which it is inserted. This subject matter enabled a perception about the development of the constitution of FURG in the location studied.