Education

Studies in jeopardy

Fire affects six of the institution’s graduate programs, of which two are world-class

Centers for generating knowledge

University museums organize exhibitions, administer graduate programs, and do research

Higher education

Distance learning grows in popularity while graduation rates remain low

Precocious entrepreneurs

OECD study places Brazil among the countries with the largest number of startups founded by students or recent graduates

New doorways to college

Developments in affirmative action add diversity to university admission pathways

Finding refuge in knowledge

As a victim of persecution, a Malian man transforms a personal experience into a focus of study for his doctorate at USP

Challenges beyond graduation

PhD graduates face struggle to find work

One hundred years of Reform in Córdoba

How a rebellion against the rigid hierarchy in an inland university of Argentina inspired change throughout Latin America

Films in school

The National Institute of Educational Filmmaking played a fundamental role in science instruction and dissemination in Brazil

Science and video games

Researchers discover new uses for computer games

Seeds of knowledge

The lectures, debates, and publications of the organization that promotes Brazilian science

PhDs awarded between 1997 and 2017

The number of PhDs awarded per year in Brazil increased from 20,603 in 2016 to 21,393 in 2017

Missed education targets

70% of the goals set out by the National Education Plan for 2014–2017 were not achieved

Storing knowledge

Felipe Francisco gave up his job as a shelf stacker to earn a PhD in biology

Broadening horizons

Students at public schools in Campinas given new opportunities by UNICAMP's ProFIS course

Cradlesongs

The formal characteristics of lullabies help put infants to sleep and introduce them into their cultural and affective context

Igor Pacca: In search of the secrets of inner Earth

Physicist Igor Pacca trailblazed geophysics research in Brazil and studied continental drift by investigating changes in Earth’s magnetic field

Digital diplomas now compulsory

The Brazilian Ministry of Education published an ordinance in April requiring that all diplomas and academic documents be issued in digital format

Experimenting with curiosity

Biologist starts a company to share her scientific knowledge in the studies of life and living organisms

Compulsory return

Scholarship recipients call for flexibility regarding their commitment to return to Brazil after completing their PhDs

A strategy for research data

Researchers are being encouraged to better manage and share the data they produce

The battle for quality

Companies and universities discuss strategies for improving engineering education

Bernardete Angelina Gatti: Toward better teacher education policy

A researcher discusses barriers and challenges in training new educators

Maria Ligia Coelho Prado: Unanswered questions in Latin America

The historian talks about identity, wars of independence and interpretations of the region’s development

For a return to former glory

At its 200^th anniversary, Brazil’s National Museum is looking to reclaim its important role in disseminating natural sciences in Brazil

Accreditation in Brazil

Graduate and postgraduate qualifications earned abroad need to be validated in Brazil

Diverse Environment

Universities invest in policies for the protection and inclusion of transgender students and researchers

Mapping hunger and education in Africa

The researchers created detailed maps that also revealed large educational disparities between genders and locations in Africa

Brazilian teachers paid less

Teachers working at public elementary schools and high schools in Brazil earn less than half the average salary of teachers in other countries

Female professors in higher education