A trajetória educacional e profissional dos egressos do Sistema de Cotas para Afrodescendentes

Abstract

The present research "The educational and professional trajectory of graduates of the quota system for Afrodescendants" investigates the trajectories covered by such graduates and the possible effects of these transformations on the contexts of professional insertion. With the purpose of answering these questions, I defined as a general objective to analyze the educational and professional trajectory of the Afrodescendants of UNIMONTES. As a result of this purpose, its specific objectives were formulated as follows: to verify the contribution of higher education, made possible by the Afrodescendant quota system, for insertion in the labor market and continuity in studies; to know the reasons that led the participants to enter higher education through affirmative action; to analyze the processes of access and permanence of the Afrodescendant (needy) quota system in UNIMONTES; to verify if the student has undergone discriminatory practices in the University and how he reacted to them; to understand the relationship between initial expectations and higher education contributions to overcoming racial inequalities. Regarding the methodology, qualitative and quantitative methods were used. The first concerns the approaches on the theoretical aspects of the Brazilian racial question and affirmative actions in higher education. Documentary analysis was also used when researching UNIMONTES internal institutional documents. The quantitative methodology ensured the accuracy of the results and their interpretation. As a tool for data collection, a questionnaire with 39 questions was sent to 45 graduates who accepted to participate in this research. The results identified a high proportion of graduates entering the labor market and working in the same training area. In addition, they provided information on income, work before and after college, continuity of studies, racism, prejudice, and discrimination.