Foreign students in Santa Fe. The case of the Brazilian cohorts of the UCSF Doctorate of Education Estudiantes extranjeros en Santa Fe. El caso de las cohortes brasileñas del Doctorado de Educación de la UCSF

Abstract

The proposal to address South-South academic migration in higher education in this century has invited us to analyze an experience such as that of the cohorts of doctoral students from Brazil at the Catholic University of Santa Fe between 2006 and 2013, 17 cohorts in total. This is a particular experience because these cohorts were made up exclusively of Brazilian students, except for one that was also made up of a subgroup of Angolans.

Methodologically, we propose to approach the case from two perspectives; on the one hand, the decisions within the framework of the University's policy that made this experience possible, and on the other hand, the analysis of the subjectivities of its actors, especially the doctoral students, based on the interpretation of the direct consultation made to the students.

The final discussion is given by the evaluation of the experience and the harvest that both students and institutions gather over time.