Commodification and labor relations in brazilian higher education

Authors

  • Arnaldo Nogueira França Mazzei Nogueira PUC-SP
  • Marcos Antônio Gonsales de Oliveira PUC-SP

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze labor relations in private higher education institutions (IPES) in Brazil. The national policy of expanding higher education was institute with the law “LDB 1996” and consecrated the customization of higher education in Brazil through two mechanisms combined: privatization and oligopoly. Critical reading proposal aims to unravel the contradictions of the process of meeting the demand for cheaper mass education and the degradation of work in education. To do so, first looked at the bibliographic references facing critical studies on productive restructuring in relations job of teaching, flexible working conditions and increasingly competitive market. Secondly, there was a query on research from the Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Educational Studies AnísioTeixeira (INEP), which allowed finding relevant information on the private sector of higher education. Thirdly, twelve interviews with unionized professor who experienced mergers in particular higher education companies. The conclusion based in secondary and primary data is a context of recent and growing disqualification of employment relations in private higher education institutions. Keywords: Higher education. Labor relations. Productiver estructuring. LDB.

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Author Biographies

Arnaldo Nogueira França Mazzei Nogueira, PUC-SP

Professor doutor da PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo)

Marcos Antônio Gonsales de Oliveira, PUC-SP

Professor doutor da PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo).

Published

2015-12-22

How to Cite

NOGUEIRA, A. N. F. M.; GONSALES DE OLIVEIRA, M. A. Commodification and labor relations in brazilian higher education. Journal of Administrative Sciences, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 2, 2015. Disponível em: https://ojs.unifor.br/rca/article/view/4162. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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