O público e o privado na formulação das políticas deavaliação da educação superior no Brasil

Abstract

The aim of this article is to understand the participation of private actors in the formulation of higher education evaluation policies based on the analysis of events held by private IES associations, as well as their participation in the Ministry of Education’s Working Group, between 2007 and 2023. Eighty-six (86) events related to higher education evaluation were mapped which, given the public they bring together, can be characterized as a window of opportunity, in Kingdon’s (2003) sense, for the private sector to become involved in the public sector. The definition of public and private is anchored in Cury’s (2006) conceptualization and starts from the theoretical debate already established by Cunha (1989), Cury (1988,1992), Rocha (1992), Amaral (2003), Leher (2001), Lombardi, Jacomeli and Silva (2003), Pinheiro (2001), Saviani (2007) and Sampaio (2015). The results, based on the evidence shown in the text, point to a closer relationship between the public and the private in a system of correlation, where private actors organize themselves into pressure groups that present their agendas at events with the participation of government actors who, in turn, share their technical and informational expertise.