The State University of Campinas
Autor(es): Renato Peixoto Dagnino, Léa Maria Leme Strini Velho
Resumo: INTRODUCTION : This PAPER looks at the evolution of the relations established berween the Brazilian university and the productive sector as stimulated, directly or indirectly, by governmem plans and policies from the 70's up to the present days. The University of Campinas (hencefonh UNlCAMP) is a particularly privileged subject for a study such as this for a number of reasons. Firstly, ir is a quite recent university which was thought of and established in the beginning of the 70's to be differem from what existed in the country. The central idea we want to develop is that behind this project was the intention to build a research university which could anricipare the future and potenrial technological demands of the productive sector. Secondly, it carne imo being in the period when government plans stressed the overall objective of technological autonomy, and the prospects were favourable for the country to become a significant player in the internationl arena. The paper argues that the nature and features of the relations between the universiry and the productive sector have changed drarnatically in the last three decades as a consequence of the changes in the national environment under , which UNlCAMP was created. The environment envisaged a particular role to be played by the university and thus not only influenced the choices concerning fields of science, specialties and qualification of researchers bur also shaped its relations with the productive sector. The central idea developed here is that, due to the dramatic changes in the external and national -political and economic- contexts in this period, the evolution of the relationships between the university and the productive sector is in a «counter movement» to the trends observed in the advanced countries. In Brazil, we argue, such changes considerably downgraded the university role as a knowledge supplier to industrial technology development. The paper first presents a rough sketch of the industrialization by import substitution model adopted in Latin America and highlights the role played by local R+D. Ir also points out specific features of the Brazilian case so that the context in which UNICAMP was creared can be better understood. This is followed by two sections which attempt to characterize rhe evolution of UNICAMP's relationships with the productive sector as the country reoriented its developmem model. The article finishes by setting up a desirable social scenario for the country in the near future and by suggesting ways in which the Brazilian university could restrucrure its decision-making processes and its research-priority-setting mechanisms in order to play a more significam role in the social and economic development of the nation
Palavras-Chave: Ensino superior - América Latina; Universidades e faculdades - América Latina
Notas: DAGNINO, Renato; VELHO, Léa. The State University of Campinas. In: VESSURI, Hebe. (Coord.). La investigación y desarrollo (I+D) en las universidades de América Latina. Caracas: Fondo Editorial FINTEC, 1998. p. 175-195. Localização: CDPCT/IG LV 08/98, RD RD 11/98; IG 378.8 In8
Descrição Física: p. 175-195.
Imprenta: Caracas: Fondo Editorial FINTEC, 1998.
