“…When coming from privileged social classes, young people usually seek personal fulfillment; on the other hand, students from less privileged groups are primarily focused on finding a better job (Borges, 2018). An increase in the number of seats and the consequent heterogeneity of students further enhance challenges of adaptation that are widely discussed in HE studies (Cunha, Carrilho and 2005;Almeida, 2007;Araújo et al, 2016;Santos, Ferraz and Inácio, 2019) and highlight the importance of actions from educational institutions favoring the academic success of students (Almeida, 2019). In a time of major development of science, broad knowledge production and dissemination, and constant transformations, the objective of education, and particularly HE, is to develop autonomy of students, allowing them to build knowledge and interpret the world that surrounds them, preparing them to learn over time and properly use such knowledge (Delors, Murad and Rocha, 2005;Herrera-Torres and Lorenzo-Quiles, 2009;Pimenta and Anastasiou, 2010).…”