THE CAPITAL CONCENTRATION PROCESS IN BRAZILIAN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

This article intends to discuss and analyze, based on the laws of the movement of the capitalist mode of production, the process of concentration of capital in private higher education, which has been occurring in the last decades in Brazil. To this end, the investigation focused on the expansion, acquisitions, and mergers that occurred in the sector, which enabled the emergence of monopolies and oligopolies with a significant contribution from the Brazilian State. In this scenario, constant restructuring has arisen, due to the dynamics of capitalism in adapting and re-adapting new and old market niches according to the profits obtained.