QUOTA SYSTEM AND FRAUD IN A BRAZILIAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This paper presents a few results of a research funded by PIBIC/CNPq-2017/2018, the Institutional Program for Scientific Research Scholarships. The investigation intended to research the broadly defined impact of the entry of students through the ethno-racial subquota system in Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), with a focus on high-prestige majors, i.e.: Agronomy, Law, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. The researched time period, from the first semester of 2013 to the second semester of 2016, refers to the deadline for integral implementation of what’s laid out in Law 12.711/2012, determining the quota system in Brazilian federal universities. On one hand, it was verified that there were fraudulent admissions of white students through ethno-racial subquotas destined for Black (pretos/as), brown (pardos/as) and indigenous (indígenas) students. On the other hand, as a consequence of fraud, the research also showed the small presence of Black (negras, including pretas and pardas) female students in the aforementioned majors, even after the implementation of a public policy intended to increase their presence in the university.