The text discusses some reasons in favor of the adoption of the National Examination of Secondary Education (ENEM) by Federal Institutions of Higher Education (IFES) as a mechanism for selecting their candidates. With this aim, it provides brief historical survey of ENEM, its main features and significant differences regarding the new model of ENEM proposed by the Ministry of Education (MEC). The main reasons in favor of the new ENEM were organized based on the following requests: a) a new society that is constantly changing and is affected by rapid scientific changes; b) a University that cherishes for having a student who knows how to make use of intelligent rational and innovative information from the rapid advances in science and technology; c) a country that needs to substantially increase the proportion of 18 to 24 years old people in higher education.
Higher education; University; Educational assessment