Evasão nos cursos de graduação na Universidade Federal do Pampa - Campus Dom Pedrito

Abstract

The present work has as its theme evasion in Higher Education, which characterizes the student's abandonment of the course, institution or education system. It is a complex phenomenon that causes harm to both the student, the University and society. From the theme, the research question arises: what are the dropout indicators in courses at the Federal University of Pampa, Campus Dom Pedrito in the years 2019 to 2022? To answer the question, the objective was: to identify the rates and possible indicators related to evasion in courses at Unipampa, Campus Dom Pedrito, in the years 2019 to 2022. To better understand the phenomenon of evasion, qualitative research was carried out, characterized as a case study, using the analysis of documents collected in the institution's database as a procedure. Data analysis was structured into three phases and described according to Bardin (2011), as pre-analysis, exploration of the material and treatment of results. The results demonstrate that there is no course with a higher dropout rate, refuting the initial hypothesis of Bachelor's degrees having higher rates. They indicate that each year, one course had a higher dropout rate, that is, in 2019, the Enology course with 34.11%, in 2020 Rural Education with 55.68%, in 2021 Enology with 51.85 % and in 2022 Animal Husbandry with 63.63%. Dropout is related to several indicators, students' personal problems, change of city of residence, distance from family, mental health problems, teaching of some teachers, obtaining scholarships/financial aid, learning difficulties, among others. Evasion is not related to a single element. Finally, it is concluded that the phenomenon of evasion is not easy to explain, as it does not have a specific reason, but some actions can contribute to combating it, such as the dissemination of scholarships/aid from the Dean of Student and Community Affairs, the dissemination of the Center for the Promotion of mental health and sports practices, awareness raising to obtain more answers in the questionnaires submitted to students who dropped out of graduation, and mobilization of regular students to answer the questionnaire, to detect what problems they are encountering in remaining at the educational institution, mobilizing sectors of the university in the discussion.