Evasão universitária: uma análise do perfil dos alunos de Ciências Contábeis da Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Abstract

Dropout is a problem faced by all Higher Education Institutions (HEI), and it brings losses to all involved, causing social, economic, personal and academic losses. Identifying and combating the dropout process has been the focus of many researches in several HEI in Brazil. In this sense, this research aimed to identify the profile of the Accounting Sciences course students of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). The research emerged from the need to identify the factors that motivated the dropout of the course in the period between 2014 to 2018. In order to achieve the goal it was calculated the rate of success and dropout, identifying recurrent types of dropout and profile the students evaded from the course, in order to present the current scenario of academic performance of the UFPB, as well as to find possible evidences that allow to identify the variables that motivated the course dropout in this period. The research was carried out with a sample of 540 evaded students, based on data obtained through the coordination of the course, together with the Pró-Reitoria de Graduação (PRG) and the Superintendence de Technologic da Information (STI). The results found indicate a worrying scenario of low graduation rates, and consequently high course dropout rates. Through the profile of the students, it can be said that the possible reasons for the evasion scenario of the analyzed period occurred to the detriment of the difficulty of insertion in the labor market, difficulty in remaining in the university without student assistance for the case of the students who possess socioeconomic needs, lack of professional orientation or good methodology on the part of the professors, learning difficulty possibly due to the academic preparation for higher education given in high school.