Fatores de permanência do ingressante no ensino superior em uma universidade privada comunitária do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This study aims at analyzing the factors of permanence of those who are entering higher education in classroom courses at a private non-profit institution. The theoretical framework presents an approach regarding the trajectory of higher education democratization in Brazil, the university student as student and worker, and the national and international academic production about student persistence and permanence in the first year of entering higher education. The methodology that was used was the Case Study. As a plan of action, a content analysis was carried out, which enabled the data treatment in such a way that the quantitative analysis, which was collected through documental research concerning the profile of the entering students and the relation between entrance exams and academic performance, as well as the qualitative analysis, obtained through interviews with students, and course and academic management coordinators, were categorized and interpreted. It was also possible to analyze the institution entrance scenario, the relation between student profile and performances both in the university and the university entrance examination, as well as to know the trajectory of the students in the year of entrance into higher education. As a result, the factors of permanence of the student in the institution were deployed, namely: support, involvement and academic adaptation, actions for permanence and learning. In addition, this information includes an intervention proposal for the prediction of permanence, which includes the monitoring of the general grade average, of the grades in the subjects studied during the first and second semesters, drop-out and stay rates, as well as an opinion poll with students on permanence factors. It is intended, through this study, that, with the implementation of this prediction model, the University will be able to improve retention actions within new entrants.