Análise da evasão acadêmica no curso de Ciências Econômicas - UFGD

Abstract

This study sought to measure the academic avoidance rate of the Economic Sciences course of the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD) and the evolution of this rate in the period from 2009 to 2016. It was also sought to identify the factors that influence the decision to leave the Course and suggest appropriate interventions to circumvent this scenario. The methodology used allowed us to analyze the annual dropout rate, the profile of the students who left the course and, through the qualitative research carried out with the students who had already escaped, it was possible to diagnose some of the reasons that contribute to the high dropout rate in the Course in question. The main results of the study showed that the course had an evasion rate of 56.99% in the analyzed period, dropout occurs in a higher proportion in the first years of the course, with students in the age group of 27 to 36 years, and is associated with students who entered another form of selection, disregarding Vestibular and Enem. The applied questionnaire, although its information can not be generalized to the population of students who have been evaded, showed that the reasons that led the scholars to give up the graduation are more external character to the Institution.