Delimitation of the scientific knowledge area of higher education: mapping of articles published between 2019 and 2022

Abstract

Introduction/Objective: This article aims to delimit the field of scientific knowledge in the area of higher education in the Capes Periódicos collections, SciELO and in the annals of the national meetings of ANPEd, between the years 2019 and 2022 in order to problematize the emerging themes addressed by the scientific community. Research Part of the question: what themes have guided research in higher education? Methodology: This is research qualitative, exploratory and bibliographic. The collected data were analyzed and organized in the light of content analysis. Data collection was performed on the portal Capes Periódicos, SciELO and in the annals of ANPEd's national meetings between 2019 and 2022. For data collection, the following was used as: Descriptor higher education with and without quotation marks. A total of 136 articles were selected, organized in the following categories: State, public and institutional policies, Democratization of Higher Education, Internationalization, Teacher and professional training, University pedagogy and Education Evaluation Superior. Results: As a result we realize that there is a vast production on Democratization of Higher Education, followed by debates on the State, public and institutional policies, issues related to Pedagogy university, Internationalization and Teacher and professional training. The descriptor Evaluation of Education Superior presented the lowest amount of productions in this time frame from 2019 to 2022. Conclusion: Finally, the Research pointed to the concern of the investigative community with educational policies for the higher education adopted by the Brazilian government and the challenges facing the influences of neoliberalism.