The main purpose of this article is to describe the different social representations of
the public involved in the Program of Democratic Access to the University (PADU)
and to identify its relation with social responsibility. Thus, in addition to the social
responsibility understood as an obligation of the conventional capitalist companies,
this work analyzes from a Higher Education Institution (IES), that is, the approach of
the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT) to the community in which is inserted
through the popular PADU curriculum. This research is classified as a qualitative and
exploratory research, having as methods of collecting data the bibliographical
research, documentary and the accomplishment of 28 open interviews. The main
results show that, although there is little support from the higher levels of the
University, PADU is a viable alternative to a portion of the Araguaína -TO society that
would not be able to enter a university course through a conventional course, Para
those involved the predominant representation is of a Program that has in fact the
power to change the reality of people, including providing teachers with their
professional experience.
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