EVASION AND ACADEMIC JUSTICE IN THE ACCOUNTING COURSE OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS/ Evasao e Justica Academica no Curso de Ciencias Contabeis de Instituicoes do Ensino Superior Privada

The study aims to identify what is the relationship between the propensity to abandon and perception of justice the students of Accounting Sciences courses private higher education institutions (HEI's) in the state of Minas Gerais. A questionnaire was applied to 307 students from 5 institutions. The questionnaire was structured in three parts. The first refers to the characterization of the respondent. The second part of the questionnaire refers to the reasons that could influence abandon. The third and last part of the questionnaire presents the scale of perception of academic justice. The relevance of the study is denoted in the theoretical perspective by adding assumptions of relationships between perceptions of justice and abandon. The data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. It was identified that the perception of justice is directly related to school dropout in undergraduate courses in Accounting, especially in its dimension of procedural justice. Other characteristics were also significant, such as the current period and the fact that the student has another degree. Through the identification of how students perceive justice in their daily lives in the HEI, and how this perception can influence the propensity to evade, new policies can be outlined by teachers and course coordinators, in order to reduce abandon in private HEI's. Keywords: Perception of Justice. Higher Education Institution. University Evasion. O estudo tem por objetivo identificar qual a relacao existente entre a propensao a evasao e a percepcao de justica de estudantes de cursos de Ciencias Contabeis de instituicoes de ensino superior (IES) privadas do estado de Minas Gerais. Foi aplicado um questionario a 307 alunos de 5 Instituicoes. O questionario foi estruturado em tres partes. A primeira referese a caracterizacao do respondente. A segunda parte do questionario refere- se aos motivos que pudessem influenciar na evasao. A terceira e ultima parte do questionario apresenta a escala de percepcao de justica academica. A relevancia do estudo e denotada na perspectiva teorica ao adicionar suposicoes de relacoes das percepcoes de justica com a evasao. Os dados foram analisados mediante analise de regressao multipla. Foi identificado que a percepcao de justica esta diretamente relacionada com a evasao escolar em cursos de graduacao de Ciencias Contabeis, em especial na sua dimensao de justica procedimental. Outras caracteristicas tambem se mostraram significativas, como o