Política de interiorização universitária e desenvolvimento: Uma análise socioeconômica da implantação da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande em Sumé – PB

Abstract

The internalization of the universities, particularly from the Restructuring and The internalization of universities, especially from the Restructuring and Expansion of Federal Universities - REUNI, was a program of the Federal Government that aimed, among other factors, the expansion of federal university centers and the creation of new opportunities for residents away from large urban centers . From this scenario, the Center for the Sustainable Development of the Semi - Arid - CDSA was created in 2009 in the municipality of Sumé - PB, with the purpose of filling socioeconomic gaps and offering public higher education to the population living in the Brazilian semi - arid region. The Sumé campus, in a specific analysis, is based on the understanding that there should be a center focused on the sustainable development of the semi-arid region, considering its potential economic, productive, environmental, social and educational challenges and vulnerabilities. This dissertative research is inserted in a broad proposal of analysis of the socioeconomic dynamics from the transformations that occurred in the Cariri region of Paraíba in recent years. Its main objective is to examine the extent to which the installation of the CDSA / UFCG contributed to a possible local development of the municipality of Sumé - PB, for this purpose, it was sought to analyze the impact of the CDSA in the generation of employment and income, the relation of local companies With the levels of local tax collection, as well as the observation of possible social transformations arising from the implementation of this campus in the region. In order to carry out the research, the proposed work addressed the analysis of socio- educational and economic indicators that sought to make feasible a comprehensive temporal analysis, extending from 2005 to 2015, which involved consulting the government electronic portals, in addition to the application of semi-structured questionnaires with Citizens owning local businesses, self - employed professionals or service providers in the municipality of Sumé - PB. The analysis of the different indicators and areas allowed a systemic view of the compositions and reformulations of the spaces that integrate and interact under the influence of a set of public policies, elaborated and manifest, especially, from the years 2000. Thus, it is observed That in the municipality of Sumé the CDSA constitutes an important entity that foments educational transformations and delineates new economic and social relations.