Affirmative action policies: a study on spot reservation at Santa Cruz State University

Abstract

The article contains a study on affirmative policies in public universities, which have become one of the most import social inclusion tools in the country’s recent history. The main objective is to track the academic path of the first class under the seat reservation system at Santa Cruz Estate University (UESC). First, there is an analysis of actions taken by the University to guarantee the permanence of students throughout the length of the course. Following, there is a social-economic profile analysis of the 2008 selective process candidates divided into two groups (seat reservation and universal selection process) applying the qui-square test. At last, there is a comparison between graduation rates from both groups. Results show the increasing number of programs that facilitate student permanence and evidentiates that over half of the students who entered university through the seat reservation process actually finished their under-graduate studies. Thus, it is of relevant pertinence the production of deeper studies about these students, which are bound to contribute with access, permanence, and conclusion areas of University policies.