This dissertation examines how neoliberal globalisation has shaped the mass expansion of higher e... more This dissertation examines how neoliberal globalisation has shaped the mass expansion of higher education in Brazil under the Workers´ Party (PT) administrations of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff. The author focuses on two student financing programmes - FIES and ProUni - to explore the economic and social dimensions of a policy that purports to deliver higher education to Brazil’s poor. The research found that any boost to social mobility resulting from these policies was likely dampened by market logics. This work recognises the role of student financing in expanding access to Higher Education in Brazil on an unparalleled scale. However, this research raises concerns that the market orientation of such financing may lead to high levels of student debt and undercut educational standards. Thus, it is unclear whether the programmes meet their objective of promoting social justice.
This dissertation examines how neoliberal globalisation has shaped the mass expansion of higher e... more This dissertation examines how neoliberal globalisation has shaped the mass expansion of higher education in Brazil under the Workers´ Party (PT) administrations of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff. The author focuses on two student financing programmes - FIES and ProUni - to explore the economic and social dimensions of a policy that purports to deliver higher education to Brazil’s poor. The research found that any boost to social mobility resulting from these policies was likely dampened by market logics. This work recognises the role of student financing in expanding access to Higher Education in Brazil on an unparalleled scale. However, this research raises concerns that the market orientation of such financing may lead to high levels of student debt and undercut educational standards. Thus, it is unclear whether the programmes meet their objective of promoting social justice.
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