Programa de apoio a planos de reestruturação e expansão das universidades federais (Reuni): contextos, condicionantes e resultados de sua implementação

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to analyze the Program of Support for the Restructuring and Expansion Plans of the Federal Universities (Reuni), developed between 2007 to 2012 and had been instituted by Decree 6.096/2007. Developed to be a federal government restructuring policy for Federal Universities, the program initially provided for an increase in budget, dependent on compliance with an agreement whereby universities should increase the number of students in undergraduate courses, adopt more flexible curriculum structures and reconfigure curriculum and undergraduate courses. Considering that the implementation of Reuni was carried out in different ways depending on the institution, this paper investigates the process of implementation of Reuni, with the objective of evaluating the context and development of the program, as a public policy for higher education, identifying and characterizing the implications, by the institution of Interdisciplinary Bachelor Degree courses. It is a bibliographic and documentary research, based on the analysis of policies for higher education in Brazil from a historical perspective. The research was developed based on the results achieved by Federal Universities: UFABC, UFBA and UTFPR. The finding shows an effort by the institutions to adapt the proclaimed guidelines, there was a set of measures adopted by the universities to achieve the Reuni goals. The academic innovations identified include the reformulation of the academic structure of universities and the restructuring of courses and curriculum models. Reuni was a period of expansion for federal universities, providing an increase in the budget with a predetermined period, increased the number of students, courses and infrastructure of Federal Universities, however, after the end of the program, the financing of program has ended and the institutions' budget has been reduced year after year.