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Academic performance of students at the Federal University of Minas Gerais: An analysis of the socio-racial bonus policy

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  • Golgher, André B.
  • Amaral, Ernesto F. L.

    (Texas A&M University)

  • Neves, Alan Vítor Coelho

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Title in Portuguese: Desempenho acadêmico dos estudantes da UFMG: Uma análise da política de bônus sociorracial Abstract: This paper analyzes the academic performance of students of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, in order to observe differences in academic performance between students who received and who did not receive the socio-racial bonus at the entrance exam of the institution. The database with students’ socioeconomic information comes from the admission exam’s permanent review committee (“Comissão Permanente do Vestibular” – COPEVE) at UFMG. The database with information about academic performance of students was provided by the department of registry and academic control (Departamento de Registro e Controle Acadêmico – DRCA). These data were aggregated for this study. The results suggest that the academic performance is similar between students who received and who did not receive the socio-racial bonus in most comparisons. That is, this affirmative action policy seems to ban an effective one in order to promote social inclusion with academic excellence. This is an important analysis to be developed at this moment of implementation of the 2012 quota law by the Federal Government (Law #12,711). Resumo: Este trabalho faz uma análise do desempenho acadêmico de estudantes da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) com o objetivo principal de verificar se há diferenças de desempenho significativas entre estudantes que receberam e não receberam o bônus sociorracial no vestibular da instituição em 2009 e 2010. O banco de dados com informações socioeconômicas dos estudantes é proveniente da Comissão Permanente do Vestibular (COPEVE) da UFMG. O banco de dados com informações sobre desempenho acadêmico dos estudantes foi disponibilizado pelo Departamento de Registro e Controle Acadêmico (DRCA) da universidade. Estes dados foram agregados para a realização deste estudo. Os resultados sugerem que o desempenho escolar entre bonistas e não bonistas é similar na grande maioria das comparações. Ou seja, a política de bônus sociorracial, implementada durante alguns anos na UFMG, não promoveu a entrada de estudantes com baixo potencial acadêmico, sendo, portanto, uma política eficaz de inclusão social sem danos para a excelência acadêmica da universidade. Esta análise é importante de ser realizada neste momento de implementação da lei de cotas de 2012 do Governo Federal (Lei nº 12.711).

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  • Golgher, André B. & Amaral, Ernesto F. L. & Neves, Alan Vítor Coelho, 2015. "Academic performance of students at the Federal University of Minas Gerais: An analysis of the socio-racial bonus policy," SocArXiv 2jtaz, Center for Open Science.
  • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:2jtaz
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/2jtaz
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