摘要：AbstractThis article aims at analyzing student assistance policy in Brazilian public universities. According to the National Plan of Student Assistance, conditions of staying at university must be offered to needy students. It is about the social rights issue of the higher education policy, considering the access and conditions for students to remain at the university. The National Program of Student Assistance - PNAES aims at extending the conditions of permanence of national public institutions students, allocating financial resources destined to provide a series of actions of assistance to students such as: scholarships, housing, food, transport, physical and mental health, and accessibility for disabled students.
关键词：higher education policy;student assistance;social rights;National Program of Student Assistance;public university
