Affirmative Action for Black, Indigenous and Quilombola Students at a Brazilian University

Armando Loureiro, Carina Carvalho and Marta de Oliveira Rodrigues ()
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Armando Loureiro: Centre for Research and Intervention in Education, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Carina Carvalho: Department of Education and Psychology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Marta de Oliveira Rodrigues: Centre for Research and Intervention in Education, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal

Societies, 2024, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-18

Abstract: Multiculturalism and cultural diversity permeate various sectors of society, including higher education. The educational policies implemented in this sphere appear to promote social and educational equality. The aim of this study was to examine this subject by analysing the affirmative action policy implemented in a Brazilian university. It sought to understand whether this policy has contributed to the access and completion of undergraduate programmes of black and mixed-race, indigenous and quilombola students. The analysis was conducted based on data relating to the access and dropout of students who enrolled in the university through the quota and reservation systems. Data were collected from university administrative datasets and a questionnaire administered to undergraduate course coordinators and students who had benefited from the policy in question and dropped out of university. The findings reveal, on the one hand, an increase in the intake of black and mixed-race, indigenous and quilombola students. On the other hand, a high dropout rate was observed among these students, which may raise the possibility that the policy in question is not completely successful.

Keywords: affirmative policies; dropout; higher education; multiculturalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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