EXPANSÃO DO ENSINO PÚBLICO SUPERIOR NO BRASIL: A UFSM/CESNORS E A PERSPECTIVA DO EGRESSO EXPANSION OF THE PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN BRAZIL: THE UFSM/CESNORS AND THE GRADUATE STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE

The expansion of the federal net of public higher education in Brazil, since 2003, has increased the access and has contributed to the regionalization of the offer of places in the country. The graduate student’s knowledge in society and in the job market has contributed to the management and the quality of the universities in this expansion process. The article shows a case study with graduate students’ interviews from Centro de Educacao Superior Norte-RS from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil), in order to know the reality and the job context, the compatibility between the professionals’ learning and the demands of 1 Professor na URI, Campus Frederico Westphalen e Tecnico em Assuntos Educacionais na UFSM, Campus