HIGHER EDUCATION AND DISTANCE EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY IN THE UFRN / CCSA PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION COURSE - POLO CURRAIS NOVOS / RN

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to determine the impacts on the life and personal and professional development of graduates of the Graduate Course in Public Administration, offered through the distance learning modality, within the scope of UFRN - Currais Novos / RN. Carried out under the format of an applied research, with quantitative approach, it had as procedures used bibliographic and documentary research in order to build its theoretical and legal contribution. With respect to obtaining primary data, data were collected in order to measure the perception of the graduates in relation to the Course in question, as a result, questionnaires consisting of both closed questions and Likert-scale questions were applied. five points. The results allowed us to infer that they feel able and adequately trained to face the labor market, that the experience implied in improving not only their insertion in the labor market, but also brought positive impacts on their citizenship and general culture. However, not only positive results were raised, it was also demonstrated that at UFRN, the number of students with disqualified bond in the various courses of distance learning is significant, a fact that deserves greater attention of the institution when implementing this educational policy due to the high evasion observed.