Ensino superior em secretariado: fechamento de cursos em instituições públicas

Abstract

The Executive Secretariat course is currently facing a moment of decline in the offer of courses in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). From 2000, the Brazilian Higher Education experienced a period of expansion promoted by measures of educational policies of the Federal Government. The Executive Secretariat course followed the development process and had a significant increase in the creation of new HEI courses. However, since 2009, this development has been compromised by a dizzying rate of course closure in the HEI. Given this context, we felt the need to develop this study that aimed to understand the reasons for closing the Executive Secretariat course in public institutions. To achieve this goal, the research had as a qualitative approach design. As a data collection technique, we used a semi- structured individual interview with each of the five coordinators of the Executive Secretariat courses that were closed, three at the bachelor's level and two at the technology level. For analysis of the results, the narrative analysis was made. As the main conclusion, it was understood that each public HEI had a distinct cause for the closure of the Secretariat course, such as: lack of demand, course update, termination of extension project contract, lack of structure and performance in the evaluation of the Ministry of Education. Education (MEC), therefore, it is not possible to generalize the reasons that led to the closure of the analyzed courses.