This dissertation of professional master's had as its intention and final product the
elaboration of a study that revealed the challenges and possibilities of the
implantation of Stricto-Sensu Postgraduate policies in the IFTO - Palmas Campus.
The State of Tocantins has 10% of the programs and 9% of the Stricto Sensu
courses in the Northern Region, all of which are offered by the UFT. Unlike the
South, Southeast and Northeast regions, in only six states of the federation the
Federal Institutes do not yet have Stricto Sensu Graduate Programs, Tocantins is
one of them. In contextualizing on this theme the following questions were raised: are
there opportunities for creating them? What would be the Institute's main challenges
in implementing these policies? Based on these questions, the main objective was to
unveil the challenges and possibilities of the implementation of Stricto Sensu
Postgraduate Policies at the Campinas IF campus. For this purpose, the following
specific objectives were defined: to identify the intellectual capital of doctors in order
to verify the needs for the implementation of such policies; to characterize their offers
of higher education by looking at the possibilities of verticalizing education; and
understand the state of the art of these policies developed internally within the
institution. A case study on the Palmas campus, with a qualitative, quantitative and
descriptive approach, was used as methodology, using documentary research in the
portals of IFTO and Capes, in documents and reports published. No mention was
made of the development of Stricto Sensu Graduate Programs. It was found that in
2018 the IF offered twenty-nine higher courses distributed in baccalaureate,
technological and bachelor degrees and that to these graduates graduates and
teachers is not yet opportunized to verticalization through masters and doctorates of
the institute itself, as in other states. In the period between 2010 and 2017 actions
were developed to train a total of three hundred and sixty-eight servers to masters
and doctors through agreements with other HEIs, in addition to leave for capitation
with and without scholarships. However, the Federal Institute of Tocantins possesses
an intellectual capital of doctors with relevant scientific production, but who still lacks
the experience in spreading stricto sensu courses, these being some of the
requirements of Capes to offer these programs.
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