Abstracts Education

Interiorization of higher education: a study from the life condition of graduates in the Amazon

by Raisa Albuquerque

In order to combat disparities in access to public higher education in the Amazon, which are not sufficiently offered by federal institutions of higher education and, mainly, in the interior of the state, the University of the State of Amazonas has carried out a policy of internalization of higher education, in regular face-to-face modalities and special courses, in the modular classroom modality or mediated by technology, which is not characterized as a distance learning modality (EaD). The research carried out had as general objective to understand the effects of access to higher education on the living conditions of graduates of the Center for Higher Studies of Parintins (CESP/UEA). As for the research method, it is a descriptive and qualitative study, which was carried out from semi-structured interviews with twenty graduates from different courses offered at CESP/UEA. For data analysis, the content analysis technique was used, in the thematic analysis modality, and descriptive statistical analysis. Through the research, it was possible to understand that the higher education offered in places far from the urban center of Amazonas has material and non-material effects, impacting on improvements in the life of the graduates in terms of increased income, greater expectation of employability and competitiveness in the job market. job. In addition, the graduation allowed social mobility in the lives of graduates and their descendants, undertaking family references capable of changing the trajectory of exclusion of the countryside and, finally, CESP/UEA has a faculty that works to train students with social responsibility. Keywords: Public Policy. Interiorization. College education. Egresses from Parintins.