Raising Own Funds as a Source of Funding for Higher Education at the Center for Agricultural Sciences of UFPB

Abstract

Introduction: Raising its own funds as a source of financing for higher education in Brazil represents an economic sustainability strategy in public federal institutions, to complement state funding.  Objective: In this context, the general objective of this study is to analyze the participation of own resources in the budget of the Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA), comparing the total budget of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), in the period 2014-2019. Methodology: The research is descriptive; in relation to the objectives, it is exploratory and explanatory; and as for the technical procedures adopted, it is characterized as being documentary and a case study. For the theoretical basis, the literature review was carried out considering aspects related to the financing of higher education, the public-private education, and the public budget for higher education. Results: The results indicate that of the sources of funds that UFPB has, the largest of them comes from the federal budget, and its own resources represent only a financial contribution to its total budget. Conclusion: Consequently, they cannot be considered the main source of funding for the institution's teaching, research, and extension activities. The systematic reduction of public funds destined to the studied university represents risks for the maintenance of the complex of activities developed.