Banca de DEFESA: MARIA CAMILA DOS SANTOS ROCHA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MARIA CAMILA DOS SANTOS ROCHA
DATE: 22/07/2025
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Fundaj Apipucos
TITLE:

Higher Education; Student Assistance; University Housing; UFRPE; Serra Talhada; Subjectivities.  

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PAGES: 137
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

Historically, Higher Education in Brazil has demonstrated an elitist character, and it was only recently, during the Lula administrations, that affirmative policies were created to expand access for sectors previously excluded from university spaces. In this context, the present research aims to understand how students experience university life at UFRPE (Federal Rural University of Pernambuco), on the UAST campus (Academic Unit of Serra Talhada), focusing on the issue of university housing used by students and the student assistance policy. The research adopts an intersectional perspective and analyzed markers such as gender, social class, race, and territory. To this end, a qualitative study was conducted through the application of 23 questionnaires and 12 semi-structured interviews with resident students and the former coordinator of the program. The study reveals that the residence is marked by contradictions: while it serves as a place of shelter and a condition for student retention, a series of limitations are also perceived — structural, relational, cultural, territorial, racial, gender-related, and related to sexuality. The most prominent limitation concerns territorial inequalities between the Recife and Serra Talhada campuses. The limitations identified in the university housing policy directly undermine the right to a dignified stay in higher education. Reports point to exclusionary pedagogical practices by professors and technical staff, as well as institutional omission in the face of such violence, which impacts students' perception of their right to university housing. Still, the university is perceived as a space for transformation. Attentive listening to the residents’ narratives revealed important solutions that not only diagnose the problems but also point to concrete paths for transforming the housing policy — such as the need for an autonomous and more participatory coordination of the residence, and the strengthening of the housing policy from the moment students enter the university.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - ANA LÚCIA BORBA DE ARRUDA - UFPE
Presidente - ***.536.134-** - CIBELE MARIA LIMA RODRIGUES - FJN
Interna - DENISE MARIA BOTELHO