Abstract:
The spreading of higher education has enhanced the hegemony on the private sector that has concentrated significant slices of the market, including International groups in Brazil. It is a phenomenon resulting of the expansion of the actions of financial groups towards the transnational sphere with the acquisition and fusion of higher education institutions (HEI) around the world. The present work traces a historical panorama about the formation of these groups in Brazil; it is followed by the analysis of the impact of this process in the formation in Psychology and the organization of the courses in terms of alumni profile, objectives and curricular structure. This is a documental study, based on some official information on higher education and psychology courses in Brazil, including pedagogical projects of the course (Primary sources), as well as financial reports and management of educational groups and specialized consulting in funds (Secondary sources). The results indicate the movement of at least three major transnational players operating in Brazil: Laureate International Universities, DeVry University and Whitney International University System. Together they have 26 higher education institutions, concentrated in the Northeast (58%), Southeast (25%) and North (12.5%). Psychology appears as a course present in most HEI acquired by the analyzed groups (n = 21). It is concluded that the current process, by standardizing contents / curriculum and homogenizing certain formative processes, may devalue local educational experiences and deepen the gap between the psychological knowledge and the social necessities of the country.
Keywords:
Internationalization; Transnationalization; Oligopoly; Training in Psychology; PPC