Evasão no ensino superior: uma análise antropológica a partir do curso de ciências sociais na UFRN

Abstract

Evasion and abandonment, despite their similarities, present different connotations in relation to education. Evasion is a phenomenon that affects Brazilian education, especially in higher education. In this present work, the concept of evasion will be a key point of discussion, aiming to analyze the dropout rates in the social sciences program at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, seeking to understand possible causes for its increase, as well as the percentages of dropouts in the bachelor's and teaching degree modalities. The theoretical references from social sciences in general and anthropology in particular indicate the complexity of processes related to evasion. Therefore, as an analytical procedure, we administered an online questionnaire using Google Forms with questions directed to the target audience of former entrants and/or students of the social sciences program, making it available on digital platforms for a period of ten days. It is inferred, therefore, that the research enables the consideration of new perspectives to minimize the impacts of evasion institutionally and academically.