Concepção de desenvolvimento regional construída no processo de criação e implantação da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD)

Abstract

We present an analysis of the concept of regional development, in this process of creation, deployment and expansion of the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), expressed through the internal documentation of this institution for teaching, research and extension. Created in 2005, was implemented in January 2006, under the mentorship of the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). This creation was justified through discourse that this institution would be powerful mechanism for regional development, in view of the historical recognition by the State, to consider Dourados as a city-center. Furthermore, the proximity to the border strip and several studies also justify problematizations that enable the development of the Grande Dourados. Finally, the presence of indigenous people in the region also justifies the demand for a federal institution of higher education that meets their demands, and as already noted, including the creation of a Bachelor Intercultural called Teko Arandu. We discussed the question of the state trying to understand that the establishment of a policy is the result of the class contradictions and its fractions, as the contradictions embedded within the state itself. We address the positioning of the Brazilian state from the government of President Lula, in which we see a new attitude when it comes to public policy, especially in higher education. Then we made a historical overview of the creation, deployment and expansion of UFGD. As research procedures analyzed ten internal documents produced in the UFGD for the period analyzed. We note that the concept of regional development, is present in all documents, as discourse in institutional practice is present in the actions of the University, such as the creation of undergraduate and graduate, because according to the institution, are considered the demands professionals from the region, in order to fill these needs and thus enabling regional development.