O BRASIL COMO “TERRENO DE EXPERIMENTAÇÃO” DA EXPERTISE GERENCIAL: A ATUAÇÃO DO CONSELHO DE REITORES DAS UNIVERSIDADES BRASILEIRAS (1966-1985)BRAZIL AS A "LABORATORY" FOR MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE: THE ROLE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES (1966-1985)

Abstract

Na literatura contemporânea sobre as transformacoes do ensino superior existe um forte consenso de que a expansao do saber gerencial foi um dos principais fatores que alterou sua dinâmica e organizacao interna. No caso do Brasil, sao muitos os trabalhos que, seguindo essa percepcao geral, apontam a estreita relacao existente entre as politicas ditas “neoliberais” implementadas a partir da decada de 1980, e a modernizacao gerencial difundida no pais a partir de acordos de cooperacao com os EUA durante os anos 1950 e 1960. No entanto, esses trabalhos, de modo geral, falham ao nao conseguir mostrar, empiricamente, como se da a relacao entre esses dois momentos da historia das politicas educacionais do pais. O objetivo do presente trabalho e contribuir para a compreensao dessa relacao a partir da analise de Yves Dezalay e Brynat Garth sobre o modo pelo qual a America Latina funcionou, nos anos 1950 e 1960, enquanto um “terreno de experimentacao” de politicas que viriam a se difundir mundialmente nos anos 1980 e 1990. Para tanto, tomamos como objeto o Conselho de Reitores de Universidades Brasileiras (CRUB), no periodo que vai de 1966, ano da sua criacao, ate 1985, ano que marca o fim do regime militar, analisando tanto o conjunto de acordos internacionais entao firmados pelo CRUB, quanto o resumo das suas principais atividades, e o perfil da sua diretoria executiva no periodo analisado. ABSTRACT In the contemporary literature on the transformations of higher education there is a strong consensus that the expansion of managerial knowledge was one of the main factors that altered its dynamics and internal organization. In the case of Brazil, there are many studies that, following this general perception, point to the close relationship between the so-called “neoliberal” policies implemented since the 1980s and the managerial modernization diffused in the country through cooperation agreements with the USA during the 1950s and 1960s. However, these works generally fail to show the relationship between these two moments in the history of educational policies in the country empirically. The objective of the present work is to contribute to the understanding of this relationship using, as a starting point, the analysis of Yves Dezalay and Brynat Garth on how Latin America functioned in the 1950s and 1960s as a “laboratory” of policies that would begin to spread worldwide in the 80s and 90s. To this end, we investigate the Council of Rectors of Brazilian Universities (CRUB) in the period from 1966, the year of its creation, until 1985, the year that marks the end of the military regime, analyzing both the set of international agreements signed by the CRUB during the period as well as the summary of its main activities and the profile of its executive board in this period of time.