O processo de ampliação e democratização do acesso ao ensino superior no Brasil tem sido uma das bandeiras do Governo Federal, nas últimas décadas, no que se refere à promoção social. O presente trabalho analisa a interface público-privada que permeia os programas de expansão de vagas no ensino superior, com ênfase no Programa Universidade para Todos (PROUNI), que oferece bolsas integrais e parciais em instituições privadas aos estudantes que preencham os requisitos de rendimento e perfil socioeconômico. Buscando compreender as bases legais que impulsionam as políticas públicas para o ensino superior, a dissertação analisa a educação como direito social e contextualiza o ensino superior dentro dos preceitos legais que remetem ao Estado o dever para com a educação em seus diversos níveis. Com isso, faz uma reflexão acerca do processo de ingresso no ensino superior, considerando que a educação básica é condição para a etapa universitária. Compreender em que contexto se dá essa mudança de nível educacional e os últimos dados acerca da avaliação dos egressos do ensino médio é necessário para identificar porque os investimentos públicos não se concentram apenas em universidades públicas, mas, têm sido destinados, em grande volume, às instituições mantidas pela iniciativa privada. Diante desse cenário, analisa a natureza jurídica do Prouni, e exclui o programa da categoria de Parceria Público-Privada (PPP), apesar da interface entre o Poder Público e a iniciativa privada. No decorrer da pesquisa, verifica-se que proposta do Prouni é adequada como estratégia de política pública, mas, os números apontam que se trata de um programa que, proporcionalmente, traz mais benefícios para as instituições superiores do que propriamente para os estudantes beneficiados ou que desejam sê-lo, na medida em que não há um gerenciamento público acerca da coerência entre os investimentos públicos (no caso do Prouni, por meio de renúncia fiscal) e o efetivo número de bolsas concedidas aos estudantes. / The process of expanding and democratizing access to higher education in Brazil has been one of the main targets of the Federal Government in the last decades regarding social promotion. In that scenario, there are several strategies and programs resulting from public policies aimed at facilitating the access to the higher education, which intend not only to increase vacancies in public universities but, in a complementary manner, to allow the usage of vacancies in private higher education institutions. The present which analyzes the publicprivate interface that permeates the programs of expansion of vacancies in higher education, with emphasis on the University for All Program (PROUNI), that offers integral or partial scholarships in private institutions to students who meet the income and socio-economic profile requirements established by the program. Looking for understanding the legal bases that drive public policies for higher education, the dissertation analyzes education as a social right and contextualizes higher education within the legal rules that delegate to the State the duty of the education at its various levels. With that, it brings a reflection about the process of access to the higher education, considering that the basic education is condition to reach the university degree. It becomes necessary to understand the context in which such change in educational level occurs and the latest data on the evaluation of high school graduates in order to identify why public investments are not concentrated in public universities, but have been destined, in great volume, to institutions maintained by the private sector. Based on that scenario, it studies the legal nature of Prouni, and excludes such program from the category of Public-Private Partnership (PPP), in spite of the interface between the Public Power and private initiative. In the course of the research, it was noticed that Prouni's proposal is adequate as a public policy strategy, however the numbers indicate that it is a program which, proportionally, brings more benefits to the higher institutions than for the students benefited or who wish to be so, since there is no public management to check the coherence between public investments (in the case of Prouni, through fiscal renunciation) and the actual number of scholarships awarded to students.

Density is more about an experienced nearness to functions and activities than buildingsbeing physically close to each other. Density is interaction, and the intensity of itdepends on accessibility to the functions and activities of the built environment. The current planning, continuing the thoughts of the modernist, are a threat to publichealth and the environment, as sprawling settlements demand more resources forinfrastructure and time spent commuting between home and work, taking up the timeto spend with family and friends. The suburban planning principles of the Swedish housing estate unit have graduallytransformed the suburban neighbourhoods into dispersed, disconnected islands, wheresocial life is inhibited in the mere configuration of space. Legibility of the urban environment is important regarding orientation and navigation,but also to understand the underlying meanings of spaces and places. The urbanstructure should be easily read to be understandable in the choices of everyday life. How we understand the boundaries and transitions of our surrounding affects howspaces are used. Unclear territorial interfaces, like the open space landscape ofmodernist planning feels too exposed to be appropriated. If activities should take placein the outdoor environment, there must be a certain quality to the spaces that areinviting and promote interaction between people. The suburban housing estate neighbourhoods can be developed to promote thisinteraction, providing spaces where the different layers of social life can take place, fromthe private home – through mediating interfaces of front yards, indoor collective spaceand collective gardens – to the public realm of the streets, pathways and parks. The thesis studies the suburban neighbourhood Årsta in eastern Uppsala, whichshows the signs of a disperse suburban housing estate in its configuration of buildings,withdrawn from the streets, turning inward away from the public spaces. By adding built volume within the existing structure of the open yards, the boundariesbetween the public and the private spaces can be clearly defined and new activatedspaces can be created. Many fronts towards the streets and paths make people meet inevery-day life and new types of spaces can be used to set a framework for interactionbetween residents as well as outsiders. Such spaces can also work as a buffer betweenpublic life and the private dwelling, e.g. a collective garden mediates the space inbetween a pedestrian path and an inner yard.