Análise longitudinal da captação de recursos de outras fontes em uma Universidade Federal

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the evolution of fundraising from other sources of financing at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). The debate about the actual role of the State and who should finance its actions is always present. Federal Higher Education Institutions (IFES) are constantly at the center of this debate. Neoliberal discourses argue that these institutions should be more autonomous in relation to federal funding. However, it is known that these institutions depend on government financing to fulfill their constitutional objectives. In recent years, pressures for financial selfsufficiency have intensified. Federal Public Universities (IFEs) are required to seek resources from other sources to carry out their activities due to the reduction of public funding for this sector. The main issue, as highlighted by Caetano et al (2021), is that most of the expenses of federal universities, excluding personnel and benefits, are classified as discretionary, meaning they are not mandatory. Consequently, there is an increasing emphasis on identifying new alternative sources of financing and generating internal resources. This research is characterized as quantitative, qualitative, and descriptive in nature, and data collection was carried out through the documental analysis of the Management Reports, the Institutional Strategic Plan, the Institutional Development Plan, normative ordinances, resolutions, and the spreadsheet of agreements signed by UFPE. The results demonstrated that the institution has strived over the analyzed period—2013 to 2023, and in some tables and graphs, 2016 to 2023, due to a lack of information in the sources examined by the researcher to pursue new alternative sources of additional revenue to generate its own income, focusing primarily on public-private strategic partnerships, research and innovation, and lato sensu postgraduate courses. In the analysis by field of knowledge, the results indicate that Exact Sciences is the field that has been most successful in obtaining additional resources for the university.