A new proposal for interaction with the territory: origin, potential, and challenges of Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education

Keywords: Federal Institutes of Education; Civic university; Extension; Local development.

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that higher education institutions play a significant role in national development and can modify the socioeconomic and cultural context of their surroundings when acting in a civically engaged manner. In this perspective, this article analyzes the new institutional design of the Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education (IFEs) and the process that gave rise to these institutions, highlighting the potentials and challenges for their civic engagement. The research consists of exploring the norms established by the IFE, outlining the way they operate and analyzing semi-structured interviews conducted with executives of the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC). We argue that the verticalization of teaching, research, and extension, and the emphasis on local development indicate that IFEs represent a new form of conception of technical and vocational education in Brazil. Behind the creation of this new institutional framework underlies the premise of difficulty of traditional universities in interacting with the territory in which they operate.

Author Biographies

André Luis Nogueira da Silva, Secretaria de Relações Institucionais da Presidência da República, Brasilia, Brazil
PhD in Public Administration and Government from the São Paulo School of Public Administration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Analyst at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) since 2010. In 2023, he was invited to work at the Special Secretariat for Federative Affairs of the Ministry of Institutional Relations of Brazil, contributing to the creation and implementation of the Brazilian Federation Council. He is one of the organizers of the book "E os Estados? Federalismo, relações intergovernamentais e políticas públicas no Brasil contemporâneo (Editora do IPEA, 2023).” e-mail: andre.nogueira@presidencia.gov.br   
Raquel Sobral Nonato, Centro de Estudos em Administração Pública e Governo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Bachelor's degree in Public Policy Management from the University of São Paulo (EACH-USP), and a Master's and PhD in Public Administration and Government from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (EAESP/FGV). She is currently a researcher associated at the Center for the Study of Public Administration and Government at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (CEAPG-FGV).

Peter Kevin Spink, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil

Social and organizational psychologist, Emeritus Professor of Public Administration and Government and founder member of the Center for Public Administration and Government Studies. Amongst recent books are Vulnerabilidade(s) e Ação Pública: concepções casos e desafios (with Fernando Burgos and Mario Aquino Alves, Editora Gestão Pública e Cidadania, 2022) and Beyond Public Policy: A Public Languages Approach, Edward Elgar, 2019. E-mail: peter.spink@fgv.br

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Published
2023-07-30
How to Cite
Silva, A. L. N. da, Nonato, R. S., & Spink, P. K. (2023). A new proposal for interaction with the territory: origin, potential, and challenges of Brazilian Federal Institutes of Education. Higher Education and Society Journal (ESS), 35(1), 497-520. https://doi.org/10.54674/ess.v35i1.668