Editorial
There has been a great deal of talk about the globalization of the economy, and the recent privatization of large state companies has demonstrated that the Brazilian government is partisan and a defender of globalization. As a rule, there are those who are in favor and those who are against the opening of the Brazilian economy. This does not occur in the case os science, where everyone defends the axiom that scientific knowledge is universal. This subject is on the lips of both politicians and scientists, regardless of their political orientation. Why then do the federal instituions of higher education continue to be impeded from hiring foreign professor? Is only the economy internacional? Are teaching and science being protected from the global market?
Aparently all that is missing is for the legislature to regulate the law regarding foreigners. The fact is taht professors have already been chosen trough the public selection process and cannot be hired because they are foreigners. The decisions resulting from these selection have begun to lose their validity (if they have not already lost it). The situation has become even stranger with the ageement signed between FAPESP and the German institution DAAD, wich facilitates German scientists coming to universities in São Paulo. Why is the philosophy of the government of the state of São Paulo different from that of the federal government, especially when taken into consideration that they belong to the same party?
It seems to us that the moment has arrived for Brazilian universities to globalize and attact the best scholars, without restrictions and without regard for nationality.
Angelo da Cunha Pinto
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
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Date of issue
1997
