Research, posgraduate and commodified knowledge in Brazil

Abstract

In this article, we discuss educational policies that have been defining the Brazilian postgraduate in the last decades. In the context of the transition from the monopolistic regime of accumulation to that of accumulation under financial predominance, we highlight the current search for transformation of this postgraduate in the molds proposed by World Class University. In this purpose, we initially recovered the post-graduation organization trajectory, expressed in different plans formulated in the last decades. Following we present data on investment in research and training of cadres resulting from this expansion. Finally, we briefly analyze the V National Postgraduate Plan for the period 2011-2020, trying to show how it incorporates and expresses aspects of this movement.