EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR NO BRASIL: OFERTA NA OMC, UMA REFLEXÃO DESMISTIFICADA, COM BASE EM DADOS ESTATÍSTICOS

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on Brazil's decision not to offer higher education in the rounds of WTO negotiations. It is an approach from the perspective of teachers of private higher education in Brazil, category yet unorganized, large part due to strong commercialization of the sector, which overwhelms attempts to organization. The fragility and the incongruity of the main arguments usually raised by representative agents acting in the political spheres of international government decisions taken, to justify the denial of opening the sector will be demonstrated. Based on analysis of academic research and official data on higher education in Brazil, we can assert the existence of a dual reality in Brazil, public education and private. The latter appears to be an increasing commodification, with the opening of the capital stock exchange, interference of Investment Funds and quite favorable to the interests of capital regulations, consolidating itself as an industry highly competitive, privatized and no specific regulation to balance the impulses of capital and public service purposes. Why then resist to new markets? The answer comes from a thorough analysis of the private sector, which reveals multimillion dollar mergers, monopolization and strong contribution of funds and public incentives. The free market would force a regulation of the private sector and reduced state interference in free competition, decreasing or ceasing public investments in the sector. Therefore, as a teacher of private higher education, we assess that market opening will not harm the public sector and will benefit the private sector. Because at least will raise the invisible veil of same regulations (the same for public and private sectors) that hides the evil duality of higher education in Brazil.