%0 Journal Article
%T Globalization and the Political Economy of the Brazilian Federal University
%A Joao dos Reis Silva J¨²nior
%A Eric K. Spears
%A Alan Victor Pimenta
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 1
%N 6
%P 1-7
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2014
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1100776
%X The purpose of this
research is to explain how Brazilian higher education becomes a commodity of
global capitalism through a focus on institutional culture change, which
transforms academic independence toward a model of corporate-sponsored applied
research. Brazilian federal universities are invested in S.T.E.M. education and
are instruments in the country¡¯s twenty-first century hegemonic aspirations.
This national development strategy has ramifications for the humanities, fine
arts, and social sciences. Applied science and public-private partnerships
(PPP) have irreversibly changed the trajectory of the Brazilian public
university and its relationship to global capitalism. This research examines
these changes to higher education and Bras¨ªlia¡¯s broader political agenda
through a critical political economy perspective.
%K Globalization
%K Academic Mobility
%K Hegemony
%K Brazil Scientific Mobility Program
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/3100315