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Capital Control Over Higher Education

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The financialization of wealth implies pressure on social policies – a context under which education and scientific development have become very important niches for the financial market. Their undertaking by private organizations, however, is not new: it was started during the corporate-military dictatorship, authorized and stimulated by the 1968 University Reform (Law 5.540 – Brasil, 1968) which addressed claims for expanding access to higher education.

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Silva, S., Tavares, P. (2016). Capital Control Over Higher Education. In: Leher, R., Accioly, I. (eds) Commodifying Education. Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-582-1_5

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-582-1_5

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