Small city and new University. Perspectives and conflicts after the establishment of new public Brazilian universities in small cities

In the last eight years there is an increasing process of establishment of new Universities in small and medium-sized Brazilian cities by the Federal Government. The objectives of this public policy are connected with the decentralization of high education (mainly available at the Brazilian biggest cities) and the promotion of urban and regional economic development in these places. It is important to mention that in Brazil there are no...