Brazil 2014

What is IAPP?

• Study tour

• Webinar series

• Mentoring program

• Goal: Establishing long-term partnerships between American and Brazilian colleges and universities

• Organized by the International Institute of Education

Brazilian Higher Education

• Public

Federal Universities

State Universities

Federal Institutes

Private

Catholic- PUC

Other Religious

For-profit colleges

Who goes to school where?

• Private high school public universities

• 25% attend public universities

• 75% attend private universities

• Most of the students who attend private universities attend for-profit institutions

• Only 10% of all students accepted into public universities

• For-Profit colleges-

– Estácio 311,000 students

– Kroton 476,000 students + AnhangueraEducacional 400,000 students

• (For perspective: the University of Phoenix has 269,000 students)

http://www.insper.edu.br/

Policies and Policy Developments

• Private universities are free (by constitutional decree)

• Extensive, ongoing, quantifiable, public evaluation system- CAPES scores

• Quota of 50% of spots for public school graduates

• Low interest student loan programs

Policies and Policy Developments

• Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program– “STEM” (called Science without Borders in Brazil)

• English without Borders

Museo Paraense Emilio GoeldiBelem, Brazil

Potential Areas for Partnerships-Rio

• PUC-Rio

– Student Exchange

– Portuguese

– Various Disciplines

• IBMEC

– Business

– Economics

– Communication

– Dual degree MBA?

Potential Areas for Partnerships-Rio Grande do Sul

• Federal University

– Archaelogy

– Education

– Sociology

– Exercise Science

– Humanities

– Portuguese

• PUC-RS

– Student Exchange

– Business

– Short-term Programs

– Computer Science

– Natural Science

Potential Areas for Partnerships-Brasilia

• Instituto Federal

– Serving returning students

– English and faculty development

Other Potential Opportunities

• US State Department support

• Education USA

• IAPP consortium of interested institutions

• Fulbright

– Faculty

– English teaching assistants

IAPP-Brazil Steering Committee

Jennifer AligJen SiebertCarole RobertsonSharon RoobBecky BoykoKrista FeinbergTim FojtikGreg SmithNick SpaethRene Ryman