Mapping the Asymmetries of Graduate Programs in Brazil: Modeling, Visualization and Reporting of Estimates

The graduate programs in Brazil have shown numerical growth and its evaluation system is approved by the national and international academic community. However, even with the growth and improvement of Brazilian graduate programs, the country has continental dimensions and coexists with regional asymmetries. Additionally, until nowadays has not been presented a comprehensive study on the variations in the distribution and growth of graduation programs by small geographic regions in Brazil. This study consists of a graduate program mapping by mesoregions, and the meta-model elaborated here aims to map the existing asymmetries in Education in the country to respond to scientific and technological development.