2017-11-092017-11-092010-12CATANI, Afrânio Mendes; OLIVEIRA, João Ferreira de; MICHELOTTO, Regina Maria. As políticas de expansão da educação superior no Brasil e a produção do conhecimento. Série-Estudos, Campo Grande, n. 30, p. 267-28, jul./dez. 2010.2318-1982e- 1414-5138http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/12801The article discusses the production of knowledge in the context of policies of higher education expan- sion in Brazil, especially from the second half of the 1990s, considering its interfaces with the scientific field, in general, once the post-graduate studies and research in Brazil are structured for specific areas or large areas of knowledge. Are examined three fundamental aspects: the expansion and privatization of undergraduate and growth and pragmatism of postgraduate, the production of academic scientific- knowledge, marked by expansion, investment and pragmatism, and the nature and character of knowledge.porAcesso AbertoEducação superiorPolíticas públicasProdução do conhecimentoAs políticas de expansão da educação superior no Brasil e a produção do conhecimentoPolicies for expansion of higher education in Brazil and the production of knowledgeArtigo