The article attempts to explain part of a study that we are developing in the research titled: Higher Education andUrban and Regional Development: expressions of Public State Universities in Ceará. For the purpos...The article attempts to explain part of a study that we are developing in the research titled: Higher Education andUrban and Regional Development: expressions of Public State Universities in Ceará. For the purpose of this articlewe focus on the Teaching-Research-Extension tripod in the Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA), in 2018, yearthat UVA celebrates its fiftieh anniversary. Research occured through questionnaires sent to the graduates viaUVA’s academic system, created by the Information Technology Center (NTI). The questionnare solicited answersfrom 1785 graduates;Research also included an interview with the Dean of Administration, office of 2014-2022 aswell as data and institutional documents analysis from the university’s webpage and data collection in severalpro-rectory offices in the University. Besides its contradictions in the consolidation process, UVA plays a relevantrole in the expansion of Public Higher Education outside the capital of the brazilian Northeast region, especially inCeará, where the Federal University took fifty years to establish a campus outside the state capital. The Institution’spioneering spirit helped to reassure the prominent regional role of the city of Sobral in Ceará’s urban network,capturing a daily flow of students from over 55 counties.展开更多
文摘The article attempts to explain part of a study that we are developing in the research titled: Higher Education andUrban and Regional Development: expressions of Public State Universities in Ceará. For the purpose of this articlewe focus on the Teaching-Research-Extension tripod in the Vale do Acaraú State University (UVA), in 2018, yearthat UVA celebrates its fiftieh anniversary. Research occured through questionnaires sent to the graduates viaUVA’s academic system, created by the Information Technology Center (NTI). The questionnare solicited answersfrom 1785 graduates;Research also included an interview with the Dean of Administration, office of 2014-2022 aswell as data and institutional documents analysis from the university’s webpage and data collection in severalpro-rectory offices in the University. Besides its contradictions in the consolidation process, UVA plays a relevantrole in the expansion of Public Higher Education outside the capital of the brazilian Northeast region, especially inCeará, where the Federal University took fifty years to establish a campus outside the state capital. The Institution’spioneering spirit helped to reassure the prominent regional role of the city of Sobral in Ceará’s urban network,capturing a daily flow of students from over 55 counties.
