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Interdisciplinary Higher Education Program (ProFIS): Challenges and Opportunities

Mitigating Inequality: Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification

ISBN: 978-1-78560-291-7, eISBN: 978-1-78560-290-0

Publication date: 27 November 2015

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to present the Interdisciplinary Higher Education Program (ProFIS) of the University of Campinas – UNICAMP – and discuss the main challenges related to the implementation of the program and the impact on the educational and professional trajectory of students. ProFIS was set up with a distinctive approach towards social inclusion and curricular innovation, seeking to attract the best students from public high schools to offer them a general education program as a first step in higher education. Another novelty is the inclusion of an ongoing evaluation of the program from its implementation. It merges monitoring and impact evaluation instruments to monitor and improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the interventions. Preliminary results will be discussed in relation to retention and social inclusion.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Espaço da Escrita – Coordenadoria Geral da Universidade – UNICAMP – for the language services provided. The research in this paper was partially funded by National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

Citation

Carneiro, A.M., Camelo, A.P., Andrade, C.Y.d. and Barberá da Silva Telles, S.M. (2015), "Interdisciplinary Higher Education Program (ProFIS): Challenges and Opportunities", Mitigating Inequality: Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification (Advances in Education in Diverse Communities, Vol. 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 265-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-358X20150000011016

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