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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