ABSTRACT
The article focuses on the creation and early moments of the Minas Institute of Technology (MIT) in Governador Valadares (MG), in the context of the expansion of Brazilian private higher education, in the late 1960s. The text presents conclusions of a research whose objective was to build a history of the mathematics course at MIT. The Oral History methodology was used to conduct 16 interviews with former professors and students at the institution. Opinions from the Federal Education Council, newspapers, school records and other institutional documents from MIT were consulted as well. The degree courses in Exact Sciences, implemented for taking advantage of professors and facilities of Engineering courses, as well as to generate financial resources, played a supporting role in the modernizing and developmental scenario of Brazil under the military regime.
Keywords:
development; modernization; military regime; higher education; oral history