In order to promote the understanding of the communitarian model, as well as its potential for the expansion of Brazilian higher education with quality, the University of Passo Fundo (UPF) receives, on May 7th  and 8th, the international seminar " The Communitarian Model in Higher Education: a vision of the future ".

A UPF’s initiative, in partnership with the Consortium of Gaucho Communitarian Universities (Comung), the event will be attended by authorities on the theme, who will address the concept of communitarian university, alternatives and perspectives in funding, studies and research on the subject, as well as promote reflection by projecting a vision for the future. The official opening will be on May 7th, in the auditorium of the Odontology Program of UPF.

 

Registrations

The Seminar aims to promote the communitarian model, triggering debates and reflections on the potential of non-state public institutions for the expansion of Brazilian higher education, with academic quality and economic sustainability. The approach turns its attention to the communitarian model, facing the current challenges of Brazilian higher education. Registration is free and can be made until May 3th at www.upf.br/eventos.

 The event brings together members of Comung and the Association of Santa Catarina of Educational Foundations (Acafe); rectors and managers of Communitarian Institutions of Higher Education; public managers; representatives of the Ministry of Education, the State Department of Education, the Municipal Secretariats of Education; as well as researchers, teachers and students interested in the subject.

 

Programming

During the event, topics such as the history and constitution of Communitarian Institutions of Higher Education (Ices) will be discussed; as well as alternatives and funding perspectives for students; current context, perspectives and vision of the future of the communitarian model. The seminar will also have the socialization of researches and theses developed regarding the communitarian model, making possible to problematize it as an alternative to face the challenge of expanding the rates of access to higher education in Brazil.

 

Check out the programming:

 

Monday, May 7th 

7:30pm - Artistic presentation

 

7:45pm - Opening

José Carlos Carles de Souza (UPF / Comung)

Evaldo Antonio Kuiava (UCS / Comung)

João Otávio Bastos Junqueira (Abruc)

Aristides Cimadon (Unoesc / Acafe)

Benedito Guimarães Aguiar Neto (UPM / CRUB)

Tristan McCowan (University College London UCL)

 

8:30pm – Round table: The history of Communitarian Institutions of Higher Education (Ices)

Jayme Paviani (UCS)

Walter Frantz (Unijuí)

Mediation: João Pedro Schmidt (Unisc)

 

Tuesday, May 8th 

9 am – Round Table: Alternatives and funding perspectives for Ices students

Alexandre Zeni (Feevale / Sindiman / Comung)

Aristides Cimadon (Unoesc / Acafe)

João Otávio Bastos Junqueira (Abruc)

Benedito Guimarães Aguiar Neto (UPM / CRUB)

Mediation: José Carlos Carles de Souza (UPF / Comung)

 

2 pm – Round Table: Theses and researches on Ices

The image and identity of Ices (Regina C. L. Hostins - Univali)

The impact of the Ices on the development of the regions (Suzel L. J. Bittencourt)

The non-state public conception of the Ices (Cristina Fioreze - UPF)

Brand image of Ices (Olmiro Schaeffer and Ciro Gusatti - UPF)

The university and the public good (Tristan McCowan - University College London UCL)

Mediation: Julio Bertolin (UPF)

 

7:30 p.m. – Round Table: The Communitarian Model - Current Context, Perspectives and Vision for the future

Tristan McCowan (University College London UCL)

Mário Cesar dos Santos (Univali)

Evaldo Antonio Kuiava (UCS / Comung)

José Carlos Carles de Souza (UPF / Comung)

Mediation: João Otávio Bastos Junqueira (Abruc)

 

Information

More information can be accessed at www.upf.br/comunitarias.