Análise comparativa dos investimentos públicos destinados a Educação Superior Brasileira no período de 1995-2010.

Abstract

The article comparatively evaluates public educational expenditures during the governments of former presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010). Within this context, the main objective is to evaluate the public investment trajectory for public and private higher education institutions during the four mandates referring to the government periods of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and the Workers' Party (PT). The study is based on data from the study of Brazilian higher education in the period 1995-2010, carried out by Professors Gilvan Dias de Lima Filho of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG) and Nicolino Trompieri Filho of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The results are divided into three axes: the number of HEIs, the number of students enrolled and the expenditures made in each period (1995-2002 and 2003-2010) and segment (public and private). As a result, it can be said that the two governments used the two strands, evaluation and financing, sometimes strongly coupling them, as a strategy to reach their objectives. In both periods, it was sought to promote an expansion in the number of students enrolled in higher education, with a proportional reduction of the public sector. Significant increase in private sector participation in Brazilian higher education; Significant expansion of public investments in higher education in the Lula government. With regard to the annual per capita expenditures at the end (2002) of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government were R$ 14,902.35, while the per capita annual expenditures at the end (2010) of the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva government were R$ 18,141, 89. This represents a growth of 21.74%. In comparison with the previous governments both the governments of FHC and Lula have had good performances in education, despite the results even lower.