Access in higher education policies: dimensions and indicators under consideration

Abstract

The objective of the text is to approach the topic access to higher education in the perspective of giving it a meaning and proposing indicators to delimit it, aiming at the democratization of access and/or total access. With this in mind, the paper traces an overview of the policies of higher education and presents a picture of the reality, based on bibliographic and documental research. The conclusions show that the progress observed does not derive from any reference to democratic access and to what it has of elevated, substantial, and inclusive.

Access to higher education; Democratization of access; Democratic access