Education
Higher education

Barriers to inclusion
Affirmative action has yet to gain ground in Brazilian graduate education
Recognition

Tribute to Antonieta de Barros
Antonieta de Barros (1901–1952) has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
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DATA

Doctorates dropped significantly in 2020
Doctoral training has a significant drop in 2020
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Academic training

Educated leadership
Companies whose employees hold PhDs may perform better economically and be less vulnerable to risk, suggests study
Gender

A system imbalance
Gender inequality in distribution of productivity-based grants by the CNPq
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Encouragement to become a scientist
FAPESP and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences announce the reactivation of the Aristides Pacheco Leão program
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ACADEMY

Doctor takes over as new USP dean
Doctor Carlos Carlotti Junior will be the dean of the University of São Paulo
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Careers

Time to face the numbers
Economic crisis and high unemployment rate boost the number of FIES debtors
Scientific initiation

An exercise in curiosity
São Paulo private school science fair attracts projects from other regions and abroad
Higher education

Turbulence on the horizon for postgraduate education
Uncertainties arise as assessment of Brazilian graduate programs goes to court
Education

More inclusive universities
Access to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil
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Education

New UNIFESP dean sworn in
On May 7, obstetrician Nelson Sass and sociologist Raiane Patrícia Severino Assumpção officially took over as dean and vice dean of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) for 2021–2025
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Data

Invention patents filed by universities in São Paulo
Percentage of all invention patent applications filed with the Brazilian Patent Office by legal entities in São Paulo that were submitted by higher education institutions, per quadrennium
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Letter from the editor | 303

Education is not a privilege
One of the lasting impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic relates to an essential area for all nations: education, which is fundamental to the future of developing countries like Brazil. In addition to the already high number of 1.3 million children and teenagers not enrolled in education in Brazil, a further 4 million students have... View Article