Data for "Promoting inclusion and equity in higher education: Is this the role of distance learning in Brazil?"

The study investigates how distance learning higher education (DLHE) has rapidly evolved in enrollments, considering whether promotes inclusion, equity, and quality education following Sustainable Development Goal 4 and the Brazilian Plan of Education (PNE). The data was extracted and compiled from public and private organizations between 2008-2018; a continuous period of growth in student enrollments in higher education institutions (HEI). Original documental data derived from the following organizations:
(1) Ministry of Education of Brazil - National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (INEP) - Synopses Statistics of Higher Education in the period 2008-2018;
(2) Ministry of Economy of Brazil - Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) - National Household Sample Survey (Continuous PNAD) in the period 2008-2018;
(3) Brazilian Distance Education Association (ABED) - ABED Distance Education Census in the period 2008-2018 - Annual distance learning analytical report in Brazil;
(4) Hoper Educação - Sectorial Analysis of Private Higher Education Brazil/2019.
The data compiled was organized in MS Excel spreadsheets labeled as follows:
spreadsheet 1 - evolution in the number of undergraduate enrollments, total, public, private, DL, on-campus.
spreadsheet 2 - HEDL institutions, public and private enrollments, and type of capital.
spreadsheet 3 - Private institutions market share and top-six institutions in enrollments.
spreadsheet 4 - Evolution of private and public HEDL institutions
spreadsheet 5 -Evolution of Brazilian HEI
spreadsheet 6 - All public and private academic degrees
spreadsheet 7 - All DL courses and top 10 enrollments
spreadsheet 8 - Ticket costs from different data source: Hoper Educação (2019); ABED (2019); Institutional Websites; and JP Morgan report.
spreadsheet 9 - Number of Distance learning centers.
spreadsheet 10 - Total HE enrollments on-campus and DL by age groups.
spreadsheet 11 - Regulatory framework of DLHE