STUDENT ASSISTANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: FROM STATE PROGRAM TO STATE POLICY

Abstract

In this article, the objective was to carry out a comparative analysis between the National Student Assistance Program instituted through Decree No. 7,234/2010 and the National Student Assistance Policy sanctioned by Law No. 14,914/2024, indicating advances in the text of the Law, as well as setbacks and possible perspectives. As an advance, the transformation of the ten areas of the PNAES in which assistance to students should focus in Programs supported by the Law was identified, as well as the inclusion of new Programs such as the Parental Program and encouragement to the dissemination of actions related to training, extension and research in the area of student assistance, as well as the institution of a platform for monitoring and evaluation of the Policy. As setbacks, we highlight the non-observance of specificities related to students from original and traditional communities in the country. Our perspective is that higher education, based on PNAES, is consolidated as inclusive, multicultural, humanized and non-violent.