“…Three years after the transformation, UFERSA began its expansion to other micro-regions of RN, also supported by political negotiations. As for the characterization of the study area, according to Alves & Freitas (2021) in an article on the interiorization of educational policies, points out that the municipality of Pau dos Ferros is located in the region called "Alto Oeste" of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, with an average distance of 400 km from the capital, Natal, and with an estimated population of 30,600 inhabitants (IBGE, 2020). In 2018, in studies on Regions of Influence of Cities (Regic, 2018), Pau dos Ferros appears as the third level in the urban hierarchy in the state of RN (sub-regional center A), with influence within and outside the state, mainly regarding the offer of services, including educational service, added with implementation and undergraduate and graduate university courses.…”