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Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies in Brazil: Lessons from Sustainability and Environmental Sciences
Download full textBursztyn, Marcel; Maury, María Beatriz; Litre, Gabriela – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2016
This article analyzes the process of institutionalizing interdisciplinary graduate programs in Brazil, which has over more than four decades of experience implementing masters and doctoral problem-oriented programs designed to operate outside the disciplinary structure of universities. Brazil has a high degree of centrality and government…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Studies, Governance
Direct linkBos, Angelo J. G.; Padilha, Dalva Maria Pereira; Bos, Antonio M. G.; Gomez, Fernando – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2007
Every year the proportion of elderly people increases at a greater rate compared with other age groups, changing the population structure of most countries. Latin America has been internationally known for its higher percentage of young compared with elderly persons. The United Nations predicts that the proportion of elderly persons in Latin…
Descriptors: Gerontology, Masters Programs, Foreign Countries, Academic Degrees
Peer reviewedSander, Benno – Planning and Changing, 1980
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedMarques de Melo, Jose – Journalism Educator, 1976
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Communications, Curriculum Development, Graduate Study
Romanel, Celso; Filho, Jose Napoleao – 1998
This document discusses the graduate programs in civil engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the oldest Brazilian private university. The report features discussions of faculty member backgrounds, trends in student enrollment, women's participation in the program, degree completion, student origins,…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedProenca, Marilene; Neneve, Miguel – Childhood Education, 2004
In this article, the authors discuss the importance of education policies that aim at diminishing social disparities in poor countries, focusing on a program in higher education developed in the state of Rondonia in the Brazilian Amazon. Rondonia is a region in which people have suffered deeply from the consequences of social inequalities. Many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
Ministry of Education and Culture, Brasilia (Brazil). – 1976
In the present stage of development of the Brazilian university system, graduate studies are assuming a role of increasing strategic importance with repercussions of a multiple dimension in the national growth process. This report presents a general view of the First National Plan of Graduate Studies (PNPG), of the Institutional Program for…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Educational Planning, Faculty Workload
