COMPARISONS OF COUNTERFACTUAL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICIES AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS

Q3 Social Sciences

Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1590/3610508/2020

A. Golgher

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Abstract

Tertiary education attendance in Brazil varies remarkably among different population groups. In order to decrease inequalities and increase the proportion of minorities in public universities, many institutions of higher education in Brazil have implemented affirmative action policies since the 2000s. The main objective of this paper was to analyze different counterfactual affirmative action policies at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) based on simulations, measuring the proportion of minorities and the level of academic performance at this institution under each scenario. The current quota policy of 50% for students from public secondary schools, divided between four main groups (non-poor/non-minority; poor/non-minority; non-poor/minority; poor/minority), was shown to be well-designed to promote higher proportions of minorities among the student body. However, if academic performance is also taken into account, the best options would be either a quota policy of 50% divided between poor and non-poor students or a bonus policy based on a linear function of course competitiveness with an average bonus of 6%.

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米纳斯吉拉斯州联邦大学反事实平权行动政策的比较

巴西不同人口群体的高等教育出勤率差异很大。为了减少不平等现象，增加公立大学中少数族裔的比例，巴西的许多高等教育机构自2000年代以来实施了平权行动政策。本文的主要目的是在模拟的基础上分析米纳斯吉拉斯州联邦大学(UFMG)不同的反事实平权行动政策，衡量该机构在每种情况下的少数民族比例和学习成绩水平。目前的配额政策是公立中学的学生占50%，分为四个主要群体(非贫困/非少数民族;可怜/ non-minority;贫困/少数民族;贫穷/少数族裔)，被证明是精心设计的，以提高少数族裔在学生群体中的比例。然而，如果将学业成绩也考虑在内，最好的选择要么是在贫困学生和非贫困学生之间分配50%的配额政策，要么是基于课程竞争力线性函数的奖金政策，平均奖金为6%。

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