FIES, PROUNI and REUNI: unfinished paths for the democratization of access to higher education

Abstract

Abstract The study aims investigate public policies for the democratization of access to Higher Education and identify how these expansionist policies are presented in the scientific production of the education area. This is a qualitative research, develop through a narrative review in the database of Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO and Portal de Periódicos Capes. Fifty-eight articles were selected based on PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) steps and guidelines: identification, screening, eligibility and inclusion. The studies have shown that these public policies of State, focused on the democratization of Higher Education, over the last two decades, aimed the increasing of the number of registrations as a mechanism to promote social inclusion, without change substantially the factors that originate the education and social inequality. More effective results of these public policies demand improvements in the Basic and Higher Education infrastructure, in the qualification and remuneration of teachers, in the student’s conditions of permanence and better appreciation of the Basic and Higher Education system.