Evasão na educação superior: o caso do curso de graduação em Biblioteconomia da UFPB/CAMPUS I (2000 – 2018)

Abstract

Thisresearchaimstoanalyzethedropout in the Undergraduate Course in Librarianship of UFPB / CAMPUS I from 2000 to 2018. Specifically, it seeks to identify the number of students of the referred course that made the cancellation in the time frame presented. This is a qualitative descriptive study with quantitative support. The population corresponds to 1,988 students who made the cancellation and the sample revolves around 80 research subjects. The technique applied was the questionnaire with open questions. The analysis makes use of the authors discussed in the theoretical foundation about the dropout in higher education in contrast with the obtained data. Finally, the results confirm the evasion confirmation due to the high number of cancellations that occurred. This suggests the urgent need for further studies to know in depth the causes that contribute to the existence of university dropout.