ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY: analysis of the needs of university students at a federal public university
Access to Information; Transparency; Websites; Students; Public University.
Access to public information is a Brazilian citizen's right that has been improved over the past few years. The consequences of the State's promotion of adequate access to information have proven to be positive in terms of improving the quality of public service, as a result of better conditions for analysis, participation, and social control. Public universities are part of the State and relevant information for the whole of society, however, their main target audience, the students, need specific information to support their participation in institutional democracy, and to collaborate with the development process of their student activities. Therefore, this research aims to analyze whether the information available on the websites of courses at a public federal university is in accordance with the legislation and with the students' needs. The methodology to achieve this objective is characterized, as for the purpose, as applied, exploratory and descriptive research, and, as for the approach, it will use the concept of mixed method (quantitative and qualitative). It will employ bibliographic, documentary and field research means of investigation, having the data collected through scientific articles, books, websites of public university courses, and by two instruments: structured form and questionnaire. Quantitative data will be systematized in IBM SPSS Statistics software, and qualitative data will be assessed based on historical method document analysis and content analysis. As a result, we intend to present improvements and solutions to improve and consolidate access to information available on websites aimed at university students.