This study analyzes the frequency of themes and names of the Brazilian official and private universities in the papers of the journal Brazilian Education, published by the Council of Rectors, has from 1991 to 1994. It verifies that the analysis allowed a general vision of the educational problems of the country in that period, that there was a significant difference among the categories of themes, prevailing the Generic and that the papers written by the teachers of the public universities have increased significantly. The results have also pointed out the relevance of the publication because it identifies and analyzes the problem of the Brazilian higher education.
scientific journal; themes; Brazilian higher education