UNIVERSITY AND DIVERSITY: INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW

doi.org/10.29327/217514.7.1-7

Abstract

Objective: To highlight, based on national literature, scientific production in the thematic area “University and Diversity”. Method: Integrative literature review in the SciELO database (Scientific Electronic Library Online). Results: 433 studies were found, and 29 were selected. The largest number of publications occurred in the period between 2018 and 2020 (n = 51.7%), with documentary analyzes being more frequent (n = 24.1%), and of qualitative approach (n = 17.2%). The magazines that published the most studies were in the area of ​​education (n = 65.5%). And among the sub-themes, those most studied, were related to sexual and gender diversity (n = 27.5%), and quota policies (n = 24.1%). Conclusion: there is a need to awaken, from all sciences, to reflect on the approach to diversity in the university environment, to raise awareness of the state of the art, reduce inequalities in access, quality of permanence within the scope of integral health, and the process of teaching and learning, and better quality of life.