Management of remaining vacancies from the perspective of administrative management of Federal Institutions of Higher Education

Abstract

Introduction/Objective: The study aims to identify the perception of managers about the challenges and perspectives in relation to the management of remaining vacancies, from the point of view of administrative management of Federal Institutions of Higher Education. Methodology: Anchored in a qualitative approach, the research was based on the analysis of the interviews carried out with the managers and technicians of the universities under the scope of this study to understand the policies and procedures adopted by the institutions in relation to the remaining vacancies. Results: The results indicate that the managers are unanimous in their desire to offer the remaining vacancies in their entirety to the internal and external community, however, the institutions face some challenges, such as, for example, the current format of “Sisu”, the low demand for candidates to fill the remaining vacancies in interdisciplinary undergraduate and bachelors courses, the excessive supply of initial vacancies for certain courses, the lack of infrastructure in some courses, the bureaucracy and resistance from some collegiate boards and the lack of student policies for the permanence of students. Conclusion: It is concluded that managers are looking for different alternatives to achieve efficiency in relation to the supply and the filling of remaining vacancies in their entirety, based on mechanisms and the implementation of legislation. Therefore, depending on the challenges, the offer and the filling of these vacancies become increasingly complex and this fact reinforces the importance of new public policies by the part of “MEC”, “Andifes”, university managers and other social actors.